South Polar Skua
Stercorarius maccormickiSaunders, H, 1893
English (US) South Polar Skua
The South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Stercorariidae (Jaegers and Skuas) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: breeds coastal Antarctica, especially Ross Sea; also South Shetland and South Orkney islands (off Antarctic Peninsula); winters to northern offshore waters and North Indian Ocean: mostly clockwise to Japanese and Korean waters and Gulf Stream of eastern USA, then southwestern Canada to northern Baja California and northwestern AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Stercorarius maccormicki
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- South Polar Skua
- Described by
- Saunders, H, 1893
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Saunders, H, 1893
- Type locality
- Possession Island, Victoria Land, lat. 71° 14' S., long. 171° 15' W.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 1, no.13 p.12
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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