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Vagrant to Oman.

Unknown to Angola, Brazil, French Southern Territories (B), South Africa (B), St Helena (B).

Occasional hybridization reported with South Polar Skua (Catharacta maccormicki) and with Chilean Skua (Catharacta chilensis), but hybrids very rare. Subspecies hamiltoni differs only slightly from nominate antarctica. Subspecies lonnbergi has been considered a separate species. Proposed subspecies clarkei and intercedens invalid, and nowadays included in lonnbergi. Name lonnbergi sometimes erroneously spelt loennbergi, but removal of Scandinavian umlaut does not justify addition of "e".

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

• antarctica (Lesson, 1831)   -  Falkland Is. and south-eastern Argentina. Winters off south-eastern South America.
• hamiltoni (Hagen, 1952)   -  Tristan da Cunha and Gough I. Winters near breeding areas.
• lonnbergi (Mathews, 1912)   -  Antarctic Peninsula, subantarctic islands of Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Winters near or slightly dispersed from breeding areas. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Southern Skua (Catharacta lonnbergi).

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