Bird families · Charadriiformes

Skuas

Stercorariidae · 7 species

Skuas (Stercorariidae) is a family of 7 bird species in the order Charadriiformes. They live mostly in marine habitats. The smallest is the Long-tailed Jaeger and the largest the Brown Skua.

• Brown Skua Catharacta antarctica
• Chilean Skua Catharacta chilensis
• Great Skua Catharacta skua
• Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
• Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
• Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
• South Polar Skua Catharacta maccormicki