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Stercorariidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Aves
order
Charadriiformes
family
Stercorariidae

Name

Synonyms
Stercoraridae
Homonyms
Stercorariidae
Common names
Kjover in Danish
Skua in English
Skua in English
Skuas in English
Skuas in English
Skuas in English
Skuas in English
Skuas in English
jagers in Dutch
skua in English
skuas in English
sternes in French
sternes in French
Skuas And Jaegers in English
Skuas And Jaegers in English
labbar in Swedish
Skuas in English
jagers in Dutch
jofamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian
jofamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
labbar in Swedish
ob. labb in Swedish
skuas in English
トウゾクカモメ科 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. American Ornithologists' Union, 2006: Forty-seventh supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds. The Auk, vol. 123, no. 3. 926-936.
  2. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  3. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  4. Dickinson, Edward C., ed., 2003: null. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd edition. 1039.
  5. Gill, B.J. & al. (+ 7 authors) (2015-03-08 23:00:00) Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica.
  6. Gill, B.J. & al. (+ 7 authors) (2015-03-08 23:00:00) Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica.
  7. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2011-02-08 23:00:00) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  8. Harrison, P. (1985). Seabirds: an identification guide. Revised edition. Christopher Helm Publisher. A & C Black: London, UK. ISBN 0-7136-3510-X. 448 pp.
  9. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  10. van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 375-376
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