Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Arabic | كركر كبير |
| Asturian | Cágalu grande |
| Azerbaijani | Böyük dənizçi |
| Basque | Marikaka handia |
| Bulgarian | Голям морелетник |
| Catalan | Paràsit boreal |
| Croatian | veliki pomornik |
| Czech | chaluha velká |
| Danish | Storkjove |
| Dutch | Grote Jager |
| English | Great Skua |
| English (United States) | Great Skua |
| Faroese | Skúgvur |
| Finnish | isokihu |
| French | Grand Labbe |
| French (French Guiana) | Grand Labbe |
| Galician | Palleira grande |
| German | Skua |
| Greek | Αετοληστόγλαρος |
| Hebrew | חמסן גדול |
| Hungarian | Nagy halfarkas |
| Icelandic | Skúmur |
| Italian | Stercorario maggiore |
| Japanese | キタオオトウゾクカモメ |
| Latvian | Lielā klijkaija |
| Lithuanian | Didysis plėšikas |
| Norwegian | storjo |
| Polish | wydrzyk wielki |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | mandrião-grande |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Alcaide |
| Romanian | Lup de mare atlantic |
| Russian | Большой поморник |
| Serbian | Veliki pomornik |
| Slovak | pomorník veľký |
| Slovenian | Velika govnačka |
| Spanish | Págalo Grande |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Escúa Grande |
| Spanish (Spain) | Págalo grande |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Salteador Mayor |
| Swedish | storlabb |
| Turkish | Büyük Korsanmartı |
| Ukrainian | Поморник великий |
Stercorarius skua (Brünnich, 1764)
PROTONYM:
Catharacta Skua
Brünnich, 1764. Orn.Boreal., p.33.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Faroes and Iceland.
Definitions
- STERCORARIUS
- stercorarius
- skua
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
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● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
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‡: extinct
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Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
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TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
SPECIES
Great Skua Stercorarius skua Scientific name definitions
Robert W. Furness, Peter F. D. Boesman, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 24, 2017
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 24, 2017
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
Authors
Robert W. Furness, Peter F. D. Boesman, and Ernest Garcia
Recommended Citation
Furness, R.W., P. F. D. Boesman, and E. F. J. Garcia (2020). Great Skua (Stercorarius skua), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.gresku1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- May 24, 2017
- Great Skua Catharacta skua
Authors
Robert W. Furness, Peter F. D. Boesman, and Ernest Garcia
Revisors
Peter F. D. Boesman and Ernest Garcia
Recommended Citation
Furness, R.W., P. F. D. Boesman, and E. F. J. Garcia (2017). Great Skua (Catharacta skua). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.