Brown Skua
Stercorarius antarcticus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyStercorariidae (Skuas and Jaegers)
- GenusStercorarius (Skuas and Jaegers)
- SpeciesStercorarius antarcticus (Brown Skua)
Closest Relatives at Garden Route National Park
Parasitic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticus
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinus
Dominican Gull
Larus dominicanus
Blacksmith Lapwing
Vanellus armatus
African Black Oystercatcher
Haematopus moquini
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Water Thick-knee
Burhinus vermiculatus
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis
Spotted Thick-knee
Burhinus capensis
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rakiura National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 2 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Fiordland National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 5 | Tierra del Fuego National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 6 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 7 | Península Valdés | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 8 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 9 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Brown Skua in Garden Route National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Brown Skua sighting in Garden Route National Park, based on 16 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Brown Skua in Garden Route National Park?
July has the highest sighting rate for Brown Skua in Garden Route National Park in our monthly data.