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South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki)

South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki)

South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki)



South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki) South Polar Skua (Catharacta maccormicki)

Class: Aves
Family: Stercorariidae
Common Name: South Polar Skua
Genus: Stercorarius
Species Name: maccormicki

About The South Polar Skua

The South Polar Skua breeds throughout the Antarctic coast, especially in the Ross Sea rea. It undergoes a transequatorial migration, wintering as far north as Alaska (USA) and Greenland (to Denmark).



Rights Holder: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Bibliographic Citation: BirdLife International 2012. Catharacta maccormicki. In: IUCN 2014 . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1 . <www.iucnredlist.org>

Trips Where Observed

Antarctica and Argentina

Member Lifelists

California
North America
San Francisco
Southern Ocean
United States
World

Sites Where Observed

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