South Polar Skua

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q571268
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Summary

South Polar Skua is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,052 views/month, #1,501 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Continent: Antarctica[3]
  • Taxon rank: species[4]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[5]
  • Parent taxon: Stercorarius[6]
  • Taxon name: Stercorarius maccormicki[7]
  • Commons category: Stercorarius maccormicki[8]
  • Short name: S. maccormicki[9]
  • Taxon common name: South Polar Skua[10], Suidpoolroofmeeu[11], Südpolarskua[12], Págalo polar[13], Labbe de McCormick[14], Stercorario di McCormick[15], Zuidpooljager[16], Sydpolar-kjove[17], Sørjo[18], Южнополярный поморник[19], ナンキョクオオトウゾクカモメ[20], sydpolslabb[21], etelämantereenkihu[22], wydrzyk antarktyczny[23]
  • Wingspan: 135 cm[24]
  • Mass: 89.4 g[25], 1.277 kg[26], 1.421 kg[27]

Body

Identifiers

South Polar Skua's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 144296[28]. South Polar Skua's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 395889[29]. South Polar Skua's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45510692[30]. South Polar Skua's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2481616[31]. South Polar Skua's ITIS TSN is recorded as 660062[32].

Why It Matters

South Polar Skua has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023.1. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [32] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [31] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.4. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . Handbook of the Birds of the World. wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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. 8w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon range → Brazil, South America, Africa
    Continent → Antarctica
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  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Protonym of → Catharacta maccormicki
    Wingspan → {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+135'}
    Litter size → {'amount': '+1.8'}
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