Great skua - Stercorarius skua

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Stercorarius skua
Author (Brünnich, 1764)
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 660059
Common Names English: Great Skua
French: Grand Labbe
Spanish: Págalo grande
Portuguese: mandrião-grande
Portuguese: alcaide
Current Standing valid
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Charadriiformes
          Family: Stercorariidae
            Genus: Stercorarius
Taxonomic Children
Synonyms (since 1950)

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Physical Description / Field Identification

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ITIS TSN660059
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
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Status - Red List, IUCN
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#records (spatial)18,445
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets28
Year1954 - 2021
Latitude-77.97 - 70.63
Longitude-141.10 - 148.27
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