MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Catharacta Brünnich, 1764

WoRMS name details

Catharacta Brünnich, 1764

AphiaID

137050 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137050)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted Name

Stercorarius Brisson, 1760

Rank

Genus

Parent

Stercorariidae Brisson, 1760

Direct children (5)

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Species Catharacta antarctica (Lesson, 1831) accepted as Stercorarius antarcticus (Lesson, 1831) (synonym)
Species Catharacta chilensis (Bonaparte, 1857) accepted as Stercorarius chilensis Bonaparte, 1857 (synonym)
Species Catharacta lonnbergi Mathews, 1912 accepted as Stercorarius antarcticus lonnbergi Mathews, 1912 accepted as Catharacta antarctica (Lesson, 1831) accepted as Stercorarius antarcticus (Lesson, 1831) (synonym)
Species Catharacta maccormicki (Saunders, 1893) accepted as Stercorarius maccormicki Saunders, 1893 (synonym)
Species Catharacta skua Brünnich, 1764 accepted as Stercorarius skua (Brünnich, 1764)

Environment

marine, terrestrial

Original description

Brünnich, M. T. (1764). Ornithologia borealis, sistens collectionem, avium ex omnibus, imperio Danico subjectis, provinciis insulisque borealibus Hafniæ factam, cum descriptionibus novarum, nominibus incolarum, locis natalium et icone. Hafniæ. (J. C. Kall). pp. [1-7], 1-80, 1 pl., available online at http://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/fs1/object/display/bsb10306825_00005.html
page(s): 32 [details]

Descriptive notes

Description Size: large, heavy bodied skuas. Plumage: brown; white patch at base of primaries; wings broad, pointed at tip; tail...

Description Size: large, heavy bodied skuas. Plumage: brown; white patch at base of primaries; wings broad, pointed at tip; tail wedge-shaped, without elongated central rectrices. <389> [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2024). Catharacta Brünnich, 1764. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137050 on 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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van der Land, Jacob

2006-09-07 06:51:43Z

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Martinez, Olga

2009-11-16 13:33:57Z

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Decock, Wim

2022-11-07 08:41:55Z

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Decock, Wim

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original description Brünnich, M. T. (1764). Ornithologia borealis, sistens collectionem, avium ex omnibus, imperio Danico subjectis, provinciis insulisque borealibus Hafniæ factam, cum descriptionibus novarum, nominibus incolarum, locis natalium et icone. Hafniæ. (J. C. Kall). pp. [1-7], 1-80, 1 pl., available online at http://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/fs1/object/display/bsb10306825_00005.html
page(s): 32 [details]

basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Description Size: large, heavy bodied skuas. Plumage: brown; white patch at base of primaries; wings broad, pointed at tip; tail wedge-shaped, without elongated central rectrices. <389> [details]

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