South polar skua / Südpolarskua (Stercorarius maccormicki)

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Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Stercorarius (Stercorarius); Family Stercorariidae (Stercorariidae)
Geography: This bird appears across the great seas in the following continents: North America, Africa.
General: 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 Southern Hemisphere skuas, such as the great skua, are sometimes placed in a separate genus Catharacta. [more]