Species profile—Stercorarius maccormicki (South Polar skua)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Stercorariidae (skuas and jaegers) → Stercorarius maccormicki (South Polar skua)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Stercorariidae (skuas and jaegers)
- Scientific name
- Stercorarius maccormicki (Saunders, 1893)
- Common name
- South Polar skua
- WildNet taxon ID
- 26893
- Synonym(s)
- Catharacta maccormicki
- Alternate name(s)
- McCormick's skua
Antarctic skua - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- SL
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine & Terrestrial
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=26893.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
