Species Stercorarius maccormicki Saunders, 1893

Museums

Regional Maps

• Stercorarius maccormicki Saunders, 1893. [Untitled]. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club iii: xii.

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1891.6.16.9 Adult (Figured Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum (Natural History) 25: 1), Possession Island, Victoria Land, Antarctica [71°14"S 171°15"W]; BMNH Adult, Possession Island, Victoria Land, Antarctica [71°14"S 171°15"W]; BMNH Adult, Possession Island, Victoria Land, Antarctica [71°14"S 171°15"W]; BMNH Adult, Possession Island, Victoria Land, Antarctica [71°14"S 171°15"W]; BMNH Adult, Possession Island, Victoria Land, Antarctica [71°14"S 171°15"W].

 

Generic Combinations

• Catharacta maccormicki (Saunders, 1893). —
  Higgins, P.J. & Davis, S.J.J.F. 1996. Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Melbourne : Oxford University Press Volume 3 Snipe to Pigeons 1028 pp. [414–415]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Breeds along Antarctic shoreline, observed in Australian waters when moving to and from Northern Hemisphere non-breeding sites; Antarctic, circumpolar

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21), Macquarie Island Province (24), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Aerial, estuary, offshore waters, pelagic.

 

General References

Higgins, P.J. & Davis, S.J.J.F. 1996. Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Melbourne : Oxford University Press Volume 3 Snipe to Pigeons 1028 pp. [414–416]

 

Common Name References

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 1994. The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories. Monograph 2. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union iv 112 pp. (South Polar Skua)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Nov-2020	AVES	03-Nov-2020	MODIFIED
20-Nov-2015	STERCORARIIDAE G.R. Gray, 1870	12-Nov-2015	MODIFIED
		18-Dec-2014	MODIFIED