Great Skua

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q207760
Great Skua
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Great Skua

Summary

Great Skua is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,064 views/month, #1,428 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Great Skua's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Great Skua is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Great Skua's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • Great Skua belongs to the parent taxon Stercorarius[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Great Skua is Stercorarius skua[7].
  • Great Skua's Commons category is recorded as Stercorarius skua[8].
  • Great Skua's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Stercorarius skua[9].
  • Great Skua's Commons gallery is recorded as Stercorarius skua[10].
  • Great Skua's original combination is recorded as Catharacta skua[11].
  • Great Skua's short name is recorded as S. skua[12].
  • Great Skua is commonly known as Great Skua[13].
  • Great Skua is commonly known as Skua[14].
  • Great Skua is commonly known as Págalo grande[15].
  • Great Skua is commonly known as paràsit boreal[16].
  • Great Skua is commonly known as chaluha velká[17].
  • Great Skua is commonly known as suuränn[18].
  • Great Skua is commonly known as Storjo[19].
  • Great Skua is commonly known as Большой поморник[20].
  • Great Skua is commonly known as オオトウゾクカモメ[21].
  • Great Skua is commonly known as Storkjove[22].
  • Great Skua is commonly known as isokihu[23].
  • Great Skua is commonly known as nagy halfarkas[24].
  • Great Skua is commonly known as wydrzyk wielki[25].
  • Great Skua is commonly known as pomorník veľký[26].
  • Great Skua is commonly known as storlabb[27].

Body

Classification

Great Skua's scientific name is Stercorarius skua[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Stercorarius[6]. Recorded taxon common name include it[13], Skua[14], Págalo grande[15], paràsit boreal[16], chaluha velká[17], and suuränn[18].

Identifiers

Great Skua's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 144297[28]. Great Skua's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 54056[29]. Great Skua's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45510693[30]. Great Skua's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2481618[31]. Great Skua's ITIS TSN is recorded as 660059[32].

Why It Matters

Great Skua ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,064 views/month, #1,428 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · ~2026-47154-55 · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 15w ago · AraBot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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