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Great, Southern or Brown Skua
Stercorarius [skua or antarcticus] (= Stercorarius skua) (Brünnich, MT 1764)
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Charadriiformes
Family:
Stercorariidae
Genus:
Stercorarius
Scientific:
Stercorarius skua
Classification
Order:Charadriiformes
Family:
Stercorariidae
Genus:
Stercorarius
Scientific:
Stercorarius skua
Original description
Citation:
(Brünnich, MT 1764)
Reference:
Orn. Borealis
Protonym:
Catharacta Skua
Type locality:
Faroes and Iceland.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/265835#page/45/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
04A47F1D5A3FD4EB
Avibase ID:
avibase-04A47F1D
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/04A47F1D
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 660059
Geographic range:
- Stercorarius skua: breeds Iceland, Faroe Islands, Ireland, Scotland, Norway, Svalbard (north of Norway), 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, Macaronesia, western Africa, and western Mediterranean
- Stercorarius [antarcticus or lonnbergi]: southern oceans and coasts from coastal southern Argentina, Falkland Islands, Tristan da Cunha group (south-central South Atlantic), subantarctic and Antarctic islands from Cape Horn to New Zealand region
- Stercorarius antarcticus antarcticus: Falkland Islands and southeastern Argentina; winters off southeastern South America
- Stercorarius antarcticus hamiltoni: Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island
- Stercorarius lonnbergi: Antarctic Peninsula and circumpolar subantarctic southern ocean islands
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Source: Clements checklist
Great, Southern or Brown Skua
French:
Grand Labbe ou L. antarctique
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (1931): Northern Skua ( Catharacta skua) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 19th suppl.): Catharacta skua skua [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (1957): Skua ( Catharacta skua) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 32nd suppl.): Skua ( Catharacta skua) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 33rd suppl.): Skua ( Catharacta skua) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 34th suppl.): Great Skua ( Catharacta skua) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (1983): Great Skua ( Catharacta skua) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 35th suppl.): Great Skua ( Catharacta skua) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 36th suppl.): Great Skua ( Catharacta skua) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 37th suppl.): Great Skua ( Catharacta skua) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 38th suppl.): Great Skua ( Catharacta skua) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 39th suppl.): Great Skua ( Catharacta skua) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 40th suppl.): Great Skua ( Catharacta skua) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 41st suppl.): Great Skua ( Catharacta skua) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (1998): Great Skua ( Catharacta skua) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 42nd suppl.): Great Skua ( Stercorarius skua) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 43rd suppl.): Great Skua ( Stercorarius skua) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 44th suppl.): Great Skua ( Stercorarius skua) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 45th suppl.): Great Skua ( Stercorarius skua) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 46th suppl.): Great Skua ( Stercorarius skua) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 47th suppl.): Great Skua ( Stercorarius skua) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 48th suppl.): Great Skua ( Stercorarius skua) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 49th suppl.): Great Skua ( Stercorarius skua) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 50th suppl.): Great Skua ( Stercorarius skua) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 51st suppl.): Great Skua ( Stercorarius skua) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 52nd suppl.): Great Skua ( Stercorarius skua) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 53rd suppl.): Great Skua ( Stercorarius skua) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 54th suppl.): Great Skua ( Stercorarius skua) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 55th suppl.): Great Skua ( Stercorarius skua) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Great, Southern or Brown Skua ( Stercorarius [skua or antarcticus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Great, Southern or Brown Skua ( Stercorarius [skua or antarcticus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Great, Southern or Brown Skua ( Stercorarius [skua or antarcticus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Great, Southern or Brown Skua ( Stercorarius [skua or antarcticus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Great, Southern or Brown Skua ( Stercorarius [skua or antarcticus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Great, Southern or Brown Skua ( Stercorarius [skua or antarcticus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Great, Southern or Brown Skua ( Stercorarius [skua or antarcticus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Great, Southern or Brown Skua ( Stercorarius [skua or antarcticus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Great, Southern or Brown Skua ( Stercorarius [skua or antarcticus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Great, Southern or Brown Skua ( Stercorarius [skua or antarcticus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Great, Southern or Brown Skua ( Stercorarius [skua or antarcticus]) |
| British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition): Great Skua ( Stercorarius skua) |
| British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition, incl. Jan 2009 suppl.): Great Skua ( Stercorarius skua) |
| Clements 3rd edition: Great Skua ( Catharacta skua) |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Great Skua ( Catharacta skua) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species group (sometimes a species)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Stercorarius [skua, chilensis or maccormicki]
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Bruinroofmeeu
Asturian: Cágalu
Bulgarian: Скуа
Breton: Ar sparfell-vor bras
Catalan: Paràsit gros
Catalan (Balears): Paràsit gros
Czech: Chaluha velká
Welsh: Sgiwen fawr
Danish: Storkjove
German: Skua
Greek: Πειρατής
English: Great Skua, Great, Southern or Brown Skua, Northern Skua, Skua
Esperanto: granda rabmevo
Spanish: Escúa común, Págalo Grande, Skúa Artártica
Spanish (Argentine): Escúa común
Spanish (Colombia): Págalo Grande
Spanish (Mexico): Págalo Grande
Spanish (Uruguay): Skúa Artártica
Spanish (Venezuela): Salteador Mayor
Estonian: Suuränn
Basque: Marikoi handia
Finnish: Isokihu
Faroese: Skúgvur, Skúvur
French: Grand Labbe, Grand Labbe ou L. antarctique
Irish: Meirleach Mór
Gaelic: Fàsgadair Mòr
Galician: Palleira grande
Manx: Maarliagh Marrey
Hebrew: חמסן גדול, חמסן גדול גמלוני
Hungarian: Nagy halfarkas
Icelandic: Skúmur
Italian: Stercorario maggiore
Japanese (romaji): ootouzokukamome
Japanese: オオトウゾクカモメ
Cornish: Gwagel
Scientific: Catharacta skua, Catharacta skua skua, Stercorarius [skua or antarcticus], Stercorarius skua
Luxembourgish: Skua
Lithuanian: Didysis plešikas, Didysis plėšikas
Latvian: Lielā klijkaija
Maori: Hakoakoa
Maltese: Ċiefa Kbira
Dutch: Grote Jager
Norwegian: Storjo
Polish: wydrzyk wielki
Portuguese: Gaivota rapineira grande, Moleiro-grande
Portuguese (Brazil): Mandrião-grande
Romansh: muetta gronda
Romanian: Lup de mare atlantic
Russian: Большой поморник, Поморник
Northern Sami: Áhpeháskil
Slovak: pomorník skua, pomorník velký
Slovenian: velika govnačka
Swedish: Storlabb
Turkish: Büyük Korsan Martı
Ukrainian: Великий поморник, Поморник великий
Chinese: 中贼鸥, 北贼鸥
Chinese (Traditional): 大賊鷗
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