Skuas

Brown Skua

Catharacta antarctica

The Brown Skua (Catharacta antarctica) is a 1.6 kg ocean-going bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It migrates.

Family

Skuas

Order

Charadriiformes

Weight

1.6 kg

Habitat

Marine

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

15

Recorded in Antarctica, Australia, Falkland Is., S. Geo. and the Is., New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina, Fr. S. and Antarctic Lands, SH, Heard I. and McDonald Is., Uruguay, Namibia, Brazil, RE, India.

Where to see it: Mowinckelkysten (Bouvet Island); St Andrew's Bay (South Georgia and the Islands); Salisbury Plain (South Georgia and the Islands); Grytviken (South Georgia and the Islands); Half Moon Island (Antarctica).

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