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Species profile—Stercorarius maccormicki (South Polar skua)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Stercorariidae → Stercorarius maccormicki (South Polar skua)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Aves (birds)
Family
Stercorariidae
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
Back on Track (BoT) status
Low
Conservation significant
Yes
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
Species environment
Marine & Terrestrial

Other resources

Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
Atlas of Living Australia

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.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
23 October 2019
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