South Polar Skua

Stercorarius maccormicki - Labbe de McCormick

Labbe de McCormick
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Charadriiformes

  • Family
    :

    Stercorariidés

  • Genus
    :

    Stercorarius

  • Species
    :

    maccormicki

Descriptor

Saunders, H, 1893

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 55 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 130 à 140 cm.
  • Weight
    : 900 à 1500 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Labbe de McCormick
adult
Labbe de McCormick
Poussin

South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki) is a species of bird in the Stercorariidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Labbe de McCormick,
  • Págalo polar,
  • alcaide-da-antártida,
  • Südpolarskua,
  • délsarki halfarkas,
  • Zuidpooljager,
  • Stercorario di McCormick,
  • sydpolslabb,
  • Sørjo,
  • pomorník juhopolárny,
  • chaluha antarktická,
  • Sydpolar-kjove,
  • etelämantereenkihu,
  • Suidpoolroofmeeu,
  • paràsit austral,
  • Sæskúmur,
  • wydrzyk antarktyczny,
  • Antarktikas klijkaija,
  • antarktična govnačka,
  • Южнополярный поморник,
  • Skua kutub,
  • オオトウゾクカモメ,
  • 南极贼鸥,
  • sydpolslabb,
  • 灰賊鷗〔南極賊鷗〕,

Voice song and cries

Labbe de McCormick
adult plum. post breeding

Habitat

Labbe de McCormick
adult

Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) : ; 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) ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline, Tidepools ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands

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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