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title: "Wydrzyk brunatny"
description: "Stercorarius antarcticus — Ptaki. The brown skua (Stercorarius antarcticus), also known as the Antarctic skua, Subantarctic skua, southern great skua, southern skua, or hākoakoa (Māori), is a large seabird that breeds in the subantarctic and Antarctic zones and moves farther north when not breeding."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/brown-skua
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Wydrzyk brunatny

> Stercorarius antarcticus — Ptaki. The brown skua (Stercorarius antarcticus), also known as the Antarctic skua, Subantarctic skua, southern great skua, southern skua, or hākoakoa (Māori), is a large seabird that breeds in the subantarctic and Antarctic zones and moves farther north when not breeding.

- Scientific name: *Stercorarius antarcticus*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże), `arctic` (Arktyka)
- iNaturalist observations: 2433
- Wikidata: [Q18987](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18987)
- iNaturalist taxon: [339921](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/339921)

## Names

- en: Brown Skua
- de: Subantarktikskua
- es: Escúa parda
- fr: Labbe antarctique
- nl: Subantarctische grote jager
- pl: Wydrzyk brunatny

## Countries with the most observations

NZ (296), GS (269), FK (182), ZA (130), AR (126), TF (122), AU (94), SH (25), TA (24), RE (13), UY (11), CL (10)

## Summary

The brown skua (Stercorarius antarcticus), also known as the Antarctic skua, Subantarctic skua, southern great skua, southern skua, or hākoakoa (Māori), is a large seabird that breeds in the subantarctic and Antarctic zones and moves farther north when not breeding. Its taxonomy is highly complex and a matter of dispute, with some splitting it into two or three species: Falkland skua (S. antarcticus), Tristan skua (S. hamiltoni), and subantarctic skua (S. lonnbergi). To further confuse, it hybridizes with both the south polar and Chilean skuas, and the entire group has been considered to be a subspecies of the great…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_skua

## Photo

![Wydrzyk brunatny](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brown-skua/medium.jpg)

Photo: steve b · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/150846171

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/brown-skua?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).