Great Skua

Stercorarius skua - Grand Labbe

Grand Labbe
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Charadriiformes

  • Family
    :

    Stercorariidés

  • Genus
    :

    Stercorarius

  • Species
    :

    skua

Descriptor

Brünnich, 1764

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 58 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 132 à 140 cm.
  • Weight
    : 1200 à 1650 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Grand Labbe
adult plum. breeding
Grand Labbe
juvenile

Great Skua (Stercorarius skua) is a species of bird in the Stercorariidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Grand Labbe,
  • Págalo grande,
  • alcaide-do-norte,
  • Skua,
  • nagy halfarkas,
  • Grote Jager,
  • Stercorario maggiore,
  • storlabb,
  • Storjo,
  • pomorník veľký,
  • chaluha velká,
  • Storkjove,
  • isokihu,
  • paràsit boreal,
  • Skúmur,
  • wydrzyk wielki,
  • lielā klijkaija,
  • velika govnačka,
  • Большой поморник,
  • キタオオトウゾクカモメ,
  • 北贼鸥,
  • storlabb,
  • 大賊鷗,

Voice song and call

Grand Labbe
adult plum. breeding

Habitat

Grand Labbe
adult plum. breeding

Grassland : Tundra ; Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged) ; Marine Oceanic : Epipelagic (0-200m), Mesopelagic (200-1000m)

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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