I think that's pretty much it. There's still a fair amount of debate about
the taxonomy of skuas/jaegers. Great Skua is the northern form/species while
Brown Skua is the southern form/species. I didn't think the northern birds
got to Australia, but I might be wrong.
Cheers
John Graff
From: "Simon Blanchflower" <>
To: "Chris Gregory" <>,<>
Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Great vs Brown Skua
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 20:50:25 +1000
Hi Chis, whilst I am not an expert on Skua taxonomy, I think you will find
that the Great Skua and Brown Skua are perhaps separate species although I
think there is some debate about this (also could be significant
hybridisation). As an ex-uk birder I am familiar with Great Skua (or Bonxie
as it is often known in the UK) which is the northern hemisphere form /
species, although some may argue that there is significant overlap between
the two "species" in terms of geographic distribution. The southern
hemisphere form / species is known by many as Brown Skua or Subantarctic
Skua and this species has been particularly frequent off the Sydney coast
this year. I also saw one off Long Reef on the week-end. I think many bird
texts in Australia still lump these two "species" together and hence many
refer to Great Skua.
Can anyone else add to this for Chirs?
Simon.
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