Great Skua Stercorarius skua Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (45)
- Monotypic
Robert W. Furness, Peter F. D. Boesman, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 24, 2017
Text last updated May 24, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Grootroofmeeu |
| Arabic | كَرْكَرٌ كَبِيرٌ |
| 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 (AVI) | Great Skua |
| English (United States) | Great Skua |
| Estonian | suuränn |
| Faroese | Skúgvur |
| Finnish | isokihu |
| French | Grand Labbe |
| Galician | Palleira grande |
| Georgian | დიდი თოლია-მეკობრე |
| 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. Ornithologia borealis, sistens collectionem avium ex omnibus, Imperio Danico subjectis (etc.), p.33.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Faroes and Iceland.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2025
Definitions
- STERCORARIUS
- stercorarius
- skua
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Introduction
Subspecies
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- Migration
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Distribution of the Great Skua
