Species Stercorarius pomarinus (Temminck, 1815)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lestris pomarinus Temminck, C.J. 1815. Manuel d'ornithologie, ou Tableau systematique des oiseaux qui se trouvent en Europe. Amsterdam & Paris : J.C. Sepp. ed.1., xxxviii + 618 pp. [514].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) RMNH 87570 Adult unsexed (Mount. Figured Dresser, viii, pl. 610), North Sea; RMNH 87571 Adutl unsexed (Mount), North Sea; RMNH 87572 Adult unsexed (Mount), North Sea; RMNH 87573 Adult unsexed (Mount), North Sea; RMNH 87574 Adult unsexed (Mount), North Sea.
• Coprotheres pomarinus nutcheri Mathews, G.M. 1917. New subspecies and notes on species. Austral Avian Records 3(4): 69-78 [Date published 21 Jul 1917] [72].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 744523 ♀ (Figured Mathews, Birds of Australia pl. 123), Broken Bay, New South Wales, Australia.

  Secondary source:

   Greenway, J.C. 1978. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Pt 2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 161: 1-306 [28].

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Migrates to Australian waters in October to April, offshore waters, most common off NSW and southern QLD, uncommon elsewhere; Arctic

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), 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.

 

Common Name References

Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp. (Pomarine Skua)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Nov-2020	AVES	03-Nov-2020	MODIFIED
		18-Dec-2014	MODIFIED