Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Charadriiformes > Suborder Charadrii > Superfamily Stercorarioidea > Family Stercorariidae

Stercorarius Brisson, 1760

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Catharacta*	Brünnich, 1764	synonym
*Lestris*	Illiger, 1811	synonym

Children

Stercorarius longicaudus Vieillot, 1819
Stercorarius maccormicki Saunders, 1893
Stercorarius parasiticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Stercorarius pomarinus (Temminck, 1815)
Stercorarius skua (Brünnich, 1764)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: トウゾクカモメ属

Literature

original description	Brisson, M.-J.; Dwight, J.; Laetvaerennydt; Martinet, F. N.; Tucker, M. B.; Vaernewyck. (1760). Ornithologie, ou, Méthode contenant la division des oiseaux en ordres, sections, genres, especes & leurs variétés : a laquelle on a joint une description exacte de chaque espece, avec les citations des auteurs qui en ont traité, les noms quils leur ont donnés, ceux que leur ont donnés les différentes nations, & les noms vulgaires. 6: 1-543, pls: I-VI.
basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 375-376
additional source	Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.
additional source	Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.