South Polar Skua
species of bird
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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]
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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]