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Stercorarius 
AphiaID: 137051

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Charadriiformes (Order) > Stercorariidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Added by Database Management Team
Rank Genus
Parent Stercorariidae
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record: Urban, E.K., C.H. Fry & S. Keith (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London. [details]

additional source: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Stercorarius antarcticus (Lesson, 1831)
Species Stercorarius chilensis Bonaparte, 1857
Species Stercorarius longicaudus Vieillot, 1819
Species Stercorarius maccormicki Saunders, 1893
Species Stercorarius parasiticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Stercorarius pomarinus (Temminck, 1815)
Species Stercorarius skua (Brunnich, 1764)
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Note  Description: Size: small, slim. Plumage; mainly brown; wings long and pointed with inconspicuous white bar at base of primaries; central rectrices elongated in breeding adults; several colour phases; immature heavily barred below. Other characters: strong, agile fliers. <389> [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137051
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Stercorarius. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137051 on 2013-05-22
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