Species profile
Chilean skua
Stercorarius chilensis
Quick answer
Breeding regions are SA. Breeding subregions are coastal sc Chile and se Argentina to Cape Horn. Non breeding regions are coasts to s Peru and c Brazil.
- Scientific name
- Stercorarius chilensis
- Family
- Stercorariidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Stercorarius
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated
Recording Chilean skua in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.
Related species in Stercorariidae
- Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
- Long-tailed Skua, Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus)
- Parasitic/long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
- Pomerine Skua (Stercorarius pomarinus)
- South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki)
- Southern Skua (Stercorarius antarcticus)
- Stercorarius shufeldti (Stercorarius shufeldti)