Great Skua
Stercorarius skua (Brünnich, MT 1764)
| Species name | Recordist | Date | Location | Remarks | Cat.nr. |
| Great Skua - Stercorarius skua | Lynden Schofield | 2018-06-30 | Duirinish and Waternish, Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Highland (United Kingdom) | - flew over near seabird nesting cliffs | 106004761 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Great Skua - Stercorarius skua | Stanislas Wroza | 2018-08-02 | Eastern Region, Eastland (Iceland) (10 m) | flight call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
479354 xeno-canto.org |
| Great Skua - Stercorarius skua | Rob van Bemmelen | 2014-08-19 | Jan Mayen, Jan Mayen (Norway) (10 m) | alarm call - Calls of alarming and swooping adults. Recently fledged juvenile not audible. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
193955 xeno-canto.org |
| Great Skua - Stercorarius skua | Christoph Bock | 28-07-2011 | Slettnes, Finnmark (former county) (Norway) (20 m) | Alarm calls (A) - Skua attacking recordist... | 85833 xeno-canto.org |
| Great Skua - Stercorarius skua | Tim de Boer | 2016-05-23 | Fair Isle, Shetland Islands, Scotland, Fair Isle (United Kingdom) (50 m) | call - Calling while attacking bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
321222 xeno-canto.org |
| Great Skua - Stercorarius skua | Andrew Harrop | 2019-06-15 | Sandwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland, Shetland (United Kingdom) (30 m) | call, flight call - Calls from birds at breeding colony; also sound of wings during dive. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
481295 xeno-canto.org |
| Great Skua - Stercorarius skua | Andrew Spencer | 2018-06-01 | Hringvegur, Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður IS-East Iceland (63.9838,-16.4035), Austurland, Iceland, Eastland (Iceland) | - Various alarm calls from one of a pair, presumably near a nest. The higher pitched calls were given while the bird was both perched and in flight a little distance from me. The lower pitched calls were mostly given in flight, including in close proximity. Several wing whooshes can be heard as it dived at me. The other member of the pair tended to keep much more distant, and was mostly not vocalizing. | 253565021 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Great Skua - Stercorarius skua | Stanislas Wroza | 2018-08-03 | Eastern Region, Eastland (Iceland) (10 m) | alarm call, call, flight call, long call, song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
432779 xeno-canto.org |
| Great Skua - Stercorarius skua | Timo Janhonen | 2016-05-27 | Hirta, St Kilda, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, Outer Hebrides (United Kingdom) (60 m) | song - pair calling on the ground bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
319896 xeno-canto.org |
| Great Skua - Stercorarius skua | Stanislas Wroza | 2018-08-02 | Eastern Region, Eastland (Iceland) (10 m) | alarm call, call, flight call, song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
479376 xeno-canto.org |
| Great Skua - Stercorarius skua | Fraser Simpson | 2012-06-06 | Handa, Highland, Scotland, Highland (United Kingdom) (90 m) | call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
314798 xeno-canto.org |
| Great Skua - Stercorarius skua | Rob van Bemmelen | 2014-08-20 | Gamvik, Finnmark, Finnmark (former county) (Norway) (40 m) | juvenile - Chick call. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
198121 xeno-canto.org |
| Great Skua - Stercorarius skua | Mark Lewis | 2026-05-22 | , Shetland (United Kingdom) | - | 658986394 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Great Skua - Stercorarius skua | Andrew Spencer | 2018-06-02 | 785 Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður, Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður IS-East Iceland (63.9336,-16.4354), Austurland, Iceland, Eastland (Iceland) | - Short alarm calls from a bird apparently near a nest. Wing whooshes from when it would dive bomb me audible at several points throughout. One long call at the end of the cut. | 253635941 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Great Skua - Stercorarius skua | Erik Normark | 2011-06-19 | Runde,Heroy,MoreogRomsdal, Herøy (Norway) (150 m) | call, flight call - [also] [sono] | 779449 xeno-canto.org |
| Great Skua - Stercorarius skua | Rob van Bemmelen | 2014-08-19 | Jan Mayen, Jan Mayen (Norway) (10 m) | alarm call - Alarm calls of swooping adults. Recently fledged juveniles nearby, not audible. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
193957 xeno-canto.org |
| Great Skua - Stercorarius skua | Andrew Spencer | 2018-06-02 | 785 Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður, Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður IS-East Iceland (63.9336,-16.4354), Austurland, Iceland, Eastland (Iceland) | - Long calls from up to three different pairs, at the boundary of their territories. One pair in particular was especially vocal, even giving long calls in flight (while gliding down with their wings in a "V"). | 253635921 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Great Skua - Stercorarius skua | Fernand DEROUSSEN | 1996-06-22 | East, Northland East (Iceland) (0 m) | alarm call, flight call - Call at nest bird-seen:yes playback-used:no |
138428 xeno-canto.org |
| Great Skua - Stercorarius skua | Andrew Harrop | 2021-04-23 | Haroldswick, Shetland Islands, Scotland, Shetland (United Kingdom) (30 m) | call, flight call - Calls from birds on breeding territories. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
642112 xeno-canto.org |
| Great Skua - Stercorarius skua | Stein Ø. Nilsen | 2021-06-29 | Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Svalbard (Norway) (10 m) | adult, begging call, call, juvenile, sex uncertain - H5 and EM-172 placed near breeding birds. Thanks to help from colleagues bringing recorder out in field! bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
663990 xeno-canto.org |
| Great Skua - Stercorarius skua | Stanislas Wroza | 2018-08-02 | Eastern Region, Eastland (Iceland) (10 m) | flight call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
479355 xeno-canto.org |
| Great Skua - Stercorarius skua | Stanislas Wroza | 2018-08-02 | Eastern Region, Eastland (Iceland) (10 m) | alarm call, call, flight call, song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
479375 xeno-canto.org |
| Great Skua - Stercorarius skua | Stanislas Wroza | 2018-08-02 | Eastern Region, Eastland (Iceland) (10 m) | begging call, juvenile - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
479365 xeno-canto.org |
| Great Skua - Stercorarius skua | Tim de Boer | 2016-05-23 | Fair Isle, Shetland Islands, Scotland, Fair Isle (United Kingdom) (50 m) | call - One of a pair? calling. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
321221 xeno-canto.org |
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