Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Stercorarius [skua or antarcticus] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other related concepts

• Stercorarius [maccormicki x skua] (hybrid)
• Stercorarius skua x Stercorarius pomarinus (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Grootroofmeeu, Suidpoolroofmeeu
Arabic: كركر كبير
Asturian: Cágalu, Cágalu grande
Azerbaijani: böyük dənizçi
Belarusian: Вялiкi паморнік, Вялікі паморнік, Паморнік вялікі
Bulgarian: Голям морелетник, Обикновена скуа, Скуа
Bengali: ফড় কুয়া
Bengali (transliteration): baṛa skuẏā*
Breton: Ar sparfell-vor bras, Sparfell-vor vras
Catalan: Paràsit boreal, Paràsit gros
Catalan (Balears): Paràsit gros
Montenegrin: veliki pomornik, велики поморник
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): велики поморник
Czech: Chaluha velká
Chuvash: пысăк тинĕс хĕрри чарлакĕ
Welsh: Gwylan frech, Sgiwen fawr, Ysgiwen fawr, Ysgiwen fwyaf
Danish: Storkjove
German: Grosse Raubmöwe, GroßeRaubmöwe, Skua
Greek: Αετοληστόγλαρος, Πειρατής
English: Bonxie, Brown Skua, Common Skua, Great Jaeger, Great Skua, Northern Jaeger, Northern Skua, Skua, Southern Skua
English, HBW: Great Skua
English (IOC): Great Skua
English (United States): Great Skua
Esperanto: granda rabmevo
Spanish: Escúa común, Págalo Grande
Spanish (Argentine): Escúa común, Escúa Grande
Spanish (Colombia): Págalo Grande
Spanish (Spain): Págalo Grande
Spanish (HBW): Págalo grande
Spanish (Mexico): págalo grande
Spanish (Uruguay): Skúa Chilena
Spanish (Venezuela): Salteador Mayor
Estonian: Suuränn
Basque: Marikaka handia, Marikoi handi, Marikoi handia, Paràsit gros
Finnish: Isokihu
Faroese: Skúgvur, Skúvur
French: Grand Labbe, Labbe catharacte
Frisian: Grutte skraits
Irish: Meirleach Mór
Gaelic: Bonxie, Fàsgadair Mòr, Fasgadair Mor Tuilleag, Fàsgadan
Galician: palleira grande, Paràsit gros
Manx: Maarliagh Marrey, Maarliagh mooar
Hebrew: חמסן גדול, חמסן גדול גמלוני
Croatian: Veliki pomornik
Hungarian: Nagy halfarkas
Icelandic: Skúmur
Italian: Stercorario maggiore
Japanese (romaji): ootouzokukamome
Japanese: オオトウゾクカモメ, キタオオトウゾクカモメ
Kazakh: үлкен құрақтұмсық
Greenlandic: Isunngarujussuaq
Cornish: Gwagel
Kirghiz: ири каракчы
Scientific: Buphaga skua, Cataracta fusca, Cataractes skua, Catarracta skua, Catarractes fusca, Catarractes skua, Catarractes vulgaris, Catharacta skua, Catharacta skua skua, Larus catarractes, Larus fuscus, Larus keeask, Lestris catarractes, Lestris catarrhactes, Lestris catharactes, Lestris catharractes, Lestris skua, Megalestris skua, Stercocarius skua, Stercorarius cataractes, Stercorarius catarractes, Stercorarius catarrhactes, Stercorarius catharractes, Stercorarius skua, Stercorarius skua skua
Luxembourgish: Skua
Lithuanian: Didysis plešikas, Didysis plėšikas
Latvian: Lielā klijkaija
Maori: Hakoakoa
Macedonian: Голем поморник
Maltese: Ċiefa Kbira, Skua Prima
Dutch: Grote Jager
Norwegian Nynorsk: Storjo
Norwegian: Storjo
Polish: Skua, Wydrzyk dlugosterny, Wydrzyk długosterny, wydrzyk wielki
Portuguese: Alcaide, dizimeiro, dizimeiro-grande, Gaivota rapineira grande, gaivota-rapineira, gaivota-rapineira-grande, mandrião-antártico, mandrião-chileno, mandrião-do-sul, mandrião-grande, Mandrião-grande / Alcaide, moleiro grande, Moleiro-grande
Portuguese (Brazil): dizimeiro, dizimeiro-grande, gaivota-rapineira, gaivota-rapineira-grande, mandrião-antártico, mandrião-chileno, mandrião-do-sul, mandriao-grande, Mandrião-grande, moleiro-grande
Portuguese (Portugal): Alcaide, moleiro-grande
Romansh: muetta gronda
Rhaeto-Romance: Muetta gronda
Romanian: Lup de mare atlantic
Russian: Большой поморник, Поморник большой
Northern Sami: Áhpeháskil, Stuorraskáiti
Slovak: pomorník skua, pomorník veľký
Slovenian: velika govnacka, velika govnačka
Albanian: Pulëzeza e madhe
Serbian: Veliki pomornik
Swedish: Storlabb
Turkmen: uly denizçi çarlak
Turkish: Büyük Korsan Martı, Büyük Korsanmartı, büyük korsanmarty
Tuvinian: улуг далай ак-кускуну
Ukrainian: Великий поморник, Поморник великий
Uzbek: катта поморник
Kalmyk: ик цахла
Chinese: 中贼鸥, 北贼鸥
Chinese (Traditional): 大賊鷗