South polar skua: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the south polar skua lives – recorded in 9 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Stercorarius maccormicki
Group	Waders, gulls, terns & auks
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	9 countries
Continents	Antarctica, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Mass	89.4 g (birth weight); 1.28 kg (male organism, adult weight); 1.42 kg (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Charadriiformes
Family	Stercorariidae

Where does the south polar skua live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the south polar skua in 9 countries and territories across Antarctica, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa, Brazil, South America, Antarctica.

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 south polar skua?

Wikidata records the following for the south polar skua: mass 89.4 g (birth weight); 1.28 kg (male organism, adult weight); 1.42 kg (female organism, adult weight).

Is the south polar skua endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the south polar skua?

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

About the south polar skua

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article South polar skua (revision 1315180860), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q571268 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).