ABSTRACT
Six or seven species, with representatives throughout the temperate and arctic oceans of both hemispheres. After breeding, all migrate towards, or to, the opposite hemisphere. Five have been recorded in the Afrotropical Region: there are extremely low numbers of records for four of these in Kenya. Brown Skua Catharacta Antarctica B301 / MPG336 / D1C0NO MAP: pre presence 80C. Pomarine skua Stercorarius pomarinus B304 / MPG338 / D1C0NO MAP: post presence 13B 103A 114B. Arctic skua Stercorarius parasiticus B303 / MPG337 / D1C0NO MAP: post presence 13B 103A. Long-tailed skua Stercorarius longicaudus B302 / MPG- / D2C0NO MAP: post presence 91C; pre presence 13B. The single record is of a tired and approachable bird at Suthi, 5 km S of Kiunga village 80C, on 6 Aug 1961.
