Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Suidpoolroofmeeu |
| Arabic | كركر القطب الجنوبي |
| Asturian | Cñgalu antñrticu |
| Basque | Marikaka antartikoa |
| Bulgarian | Антарктически морелетник |
| Catalan | paràsit austral |
| Chinese | 灰賊鷗 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 南极贼鸥 |
| Croatian | antarktički pomornik |
| Czech | chaluha antarktická |
| Danish | Sydpolar-kjove |
| Dutch | Zuidpooljager |
| English | South Polar Skua |
| English (United States) | South Polar Skua |
| Faroese | Suðurhavsskúgvur |
| French | Labbe de McCormick |
| French (France) | Labbe de McCormick |
| Galician | Palleira de MacCormick |
| German | Südpolarskua |
| Greek | Ληστόγλαρος του Νότου Πόλου |
| Hebrew | חמסן דרומי |
| Hungarian | Délsarki halfarkas |
| Icelandic | Sæskúmur |
| Indonesian | Skua kutub |
| Japanese | オオトウゾクカモメ |
| Korean | 남극도둑갈매기 |
| Lithuanian | Makormiko plėšikas |
| Malayalam | നരയൻ സ്കുവ |
| Norwegian | sørjo |
| Persian | کاکایی اقیانوسی قهوه ای |
| Polish | wydrzyk antarktyczny |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | mandrião-do-sul |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Alcaide-do-antárctico |
| Romanian | Lup de mare antarctic |
| Russian | Южнополярный поморник |
| Serbian | Južnoatlantski pomornik |
| Slovak | pomorník juhopolárny |
| Slovenian | Antarktična govnačka |
| Spanish | Págalo Polar |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Escúa Polar |
| Spanish (Chile) | Salteador polar |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Salteador Polar |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Skua del polo sur |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Salteador del Polo Sur |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Págalo Sureño |
| Spanish (Panama) | Salteador Polar |
| Spanish (Peru) | Salteador del Polo Sur |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Págalo Polar |
| Spanish (Spain) | Págalo polar |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Escúa Polar |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Salteador Aliblanco |
| Swedish | sydpolslabb |
| Turkish | Güney Kutbu Korsanmartısı |
| Ukrainian | Поморник антарктичний |
Stercorarius maccormicki Saunders, 1893
PROTONYM:
Stercorarius maccormicki
Saunders, 1893. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 3, p.12.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Possession Island, Victoria Land, lat. 71° 14' S., long. 171° 15' W.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- STERCORARIUS
- stercorarius
- maccormicki
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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
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TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
SPECIES
South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki Scientific name definitions
Robert W. Furness, Peter F. D. Boesman, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 28, 2017
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 28, 2017
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki
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). South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki), 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.sopsku1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- May 28, 2017
- South Polar Skua Catharacta maccormicki
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). South Polar Skua (Catharacta maccormicki). 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.