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South Polar Skua
Kimberley Collins, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Shorebirds, gulls & terns

South Polar Skua

Stercorarius maccormicki H.Saunders, 1893

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishSouth Polar Skua
DutchZuidpooljager
SpanishPágalo sureño
Chinese南极贼鸥
Scientific nameStercorarius maccormicki H.Saunders, 1893

About this species

The south polar skua (Stercorarius maccormicki) is a large seabird in the skua family, Stercorariidae. An older name for the bird is MacCormick's skua, after explorer and naval surgeon Robert McCormick, who first collected the type specimen. This species and the other large skuas, such as the great skua, are sometimes placed in a separate genus Catharacta.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderCharadriiformes
FamilyStercorariidae
GenusStercorarius

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