Aves - Charadriiformes - Stercorariidae
Synonyms: Catharacta Brünnich 1764, Lestris Temminck 1815
Parent taxon: Stercorariidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Carroll 1988, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Dyke and Walker 2005, Mlikovsky 2002, Olson and Rasmussen 2001, Sepkoski 2002, Smith 2011, Warheit 2002 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Catharacta chilensis Stercorarius antarcticus Stercorarius longicaudus Stercorarius maccormicki Stercorarius parasiticus Stercorarius pomarinus Stercorarius shufeldti Stercorarius skua
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antarctica (3 collections), Australia (1), Canada (4: Nunavut), New Zealand (4), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: California, Oregon), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene of United States (2: Florida, North Carolina)
Total: 20 collections including 25 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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