Species profile
Great Skua
Stercorarius skua
Quick answer
Regular Migrant. Rodrigues et al. (2010)
- Scientific name
- Stercorarius skua
- Family
- Stercorariidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Stercorarius
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Great Skua in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.
Related species in Stercorariidae
- Chilean skua (Stercorarius chilensis)
- Long-tailed Skua, Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus)
- Parasitic/long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
- Pomerine Skua (Stercorarius pomarinus)
- South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki)
- Southern Skua (Stercorarius antarcticus)
- Stercorarius shufeldti (Stercorarius shufeldti)