Great Skua
Stercorarius skua(BrĂ¼nnich, MT, 1764)
English (US) Great Skua
The Great Skua (Stercorarius skua) 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 Iceland, Faroe Islands, Ireland, Scotland, Norway including Svalbard, and northwestern Russia to Novaya Zemlya; winters North Atlantic Ocean offshore waters to central Gulf Stream of New England to North Carolina, northeastern Brazil, North Sea to Iberian Peninsula, western Mediterranean, Macaronesia, and western AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Stercorarius skua
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Great Skua
- Described by
- (BrĂ¼nnich, MT, 1764)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Catharacta Skua
- Described by
- (BrĂ¼nnich, MT, 1764)
- Type locality
- Faroes and Iceland.
- Original description
- Ornithologia borealis, sistens collectionem avium ex omnibus, Imperio Danico subjectis (etc.) p.33
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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