Check List -- Regions=Worldwide (7 species) Again?
IUCN and region codes at bottom of page.
Species |
Family |
Scientific name |
Breeding Regions |
Breeding Subregions |
Nonbreeding Subregions |
| - CHARADRIIFORMES |
| Brown Skua i | Stercorariidae | Stercorarius antarcticus | SO, AN | southern oceans and coasts; coastal s Argentina, Falkland Is., Tristan da Cunha group (sc South Atlantic), subantarctic and Antarctic is. from Cape Horn to New Zealand region | |
| Chilean Skua i | Stercorariidae | Stercorarius chilensis | SA | coastal sc Chile and se Argentina to Cape Horn | coasts to s Peru and c Brazil |
| Great Skua i | Stercorariidae | Stercorarius skua | PAL | Iceland, Faroe Is., Ireland, Scotland, Norway, Svalbard (n of Norway), and nw Russia to Novaya Zemlya | North Atlantic Ocean offshore waters to c Gulf Stream of New England to North Carolina, ne Brazil, North Sea to Iberian Pen., Macaronesia (w of nw Africa), w Africa and w Mediterranean |
| Long-tailed Jaeger i | Stercorariidae | Stercorarius longicaudus | NA, PAL | Holarctic high and low Arctic tundra, locally subarctic; nw, se Greenland, Arctic n Scandinavia to ne Siberia and Kamchatka (e Russia); Arctic and w, s Alaska through Arctic Canada to Ellesmere and Baffin is. | highly pelagic and southerly: to offshore subantarctic and subtropical waters off w, sw, se Africa, s Madagascar, s Australia, Peru, Chile and ec Argentina |
| Parasitic Jaeger i | Stercorariidae | Stercorarius parasiticus | NA, PAL | Holarctic low Arctic tundra, locally high Arctic and subarctic; w, s Greenland, Iceland, n Scotland, Scandinavian coasts including Baltic Sea, Svalbard (n of Norway), n Russia to ne Siberia and Kamchatka, Aleutian and Bering Sea is., w and sw Alaska, Arct | to high-productivity subtropical to tropical coastal waters of s continents: coastal w, s, ec Africa, Persian Gulf, e coast Arabian Sea (w India and Sri Lanka), n Indian Ocean, Australia and New Zealand, Peru, Chile and ec Argentina |
| Pomarine Jaeger i | Stercorariidae | Stercorarius pomarinus | NA, PAL | Holarctic high Arctic tundra; erratically off sw Greenland, Svalbard (nesting unconfirmed; n of Norway), nw to ne Arctic Russia (including many high Arctic islands), high Arctic n Alaska and sw Alaska mainland, and Arctic Canada to Baffin I. (ne Canada) | to temperate to tropical coasts and offshore waters worldwide |
| South Polar Skua i | Stercorariidae | Stercorarius maccormicki | AN | coastal Antarctica, especially Ross Sea; also South Shetland and South Orkney is. (off Antarctic Pen.) | to n offshore waters and North Indian Ocean: mostly clockwise to Japanese and Korean waters (w North Pacific) and Gulf Stream of e USA (w North Atlantic), then sw Canada to n Baja California (nw Mexico; e North Pacific) and nw Africa (e North Atlantic) |
100% 7 species of 7 (0 extinct).
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| IUCN Status Codes |
| EX | Extinct |
| EW | Extinct in the wild |
| CR | Critically Endangered |
| EN | Endangered |
| VU | Vulnerable |
| NT | Near Threatened |
| LC | Least Concern |
| DD | Data deficient |
| NE | Not evaluated |
LC not shown.
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| Breeding Range Codes |
| AF | Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) |
| AN | Antarctica |
| AO | Atlantic Ocean |
| AU | Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea
and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the
Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu) |
| PAL | Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the
Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) |
| IO | Indian Ocean |
| LA | Latin America (Middle and South America) |
| MA | Middle America (Mexico through Panama) |
| NA | North America (includes the Caribbean) |
| NO | Northern oceans |
| OR | Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the
Philippines, and Greater Sundas) |
| PO | Pacific Ocean |
| SA | South America |
| SO | Southern oceans |
| TO | Temperate oceans |
| TrO | Tropical oceans |
| Worldwide | Worldwide |
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