Great skua: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the great skua lives – recorded in 19 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Stercorarius skua
Group	Waders, gulls, terns & auks
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	19 countries
Continents	Africa, Antarctica, Europe, North America
Mass	112 g (birth weight); 1.74 kg (male organism, adult weight); 1.94 kg (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Charadriiformes
Family	Stercorariidae

Where does the great skua live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the great skua in 19 countries and territories across Africa, Antarctica, Europe and North America. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa, Brazil, South America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a great skua?

Wikidata records the following for the great skua: mass 112 g (birth weight); 1.74 kg (male organism, adult weight); 1.94 kg (female organism, adult weight).

Is the great skua endangered?

The great skua’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the great skua?

The great skua (Stercorarius skua) is a bird in the order Charadriiformes and the family Stercorariidae, genus Stercorarius. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the great skua

The great skua (Stercorarius skua), sometimes known by the name bonxie in Britain, is a large seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. It is roughly the size of a herring gull. It mainly eats fish caught at the sea surface or taken from other birds.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Great skua (revision 1361551267), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q207760 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).