Taxon data and maps: Catharacta skua
Taxonomy details
Context
- Taxon Id
- 59472
- Common Name
- Great Skua
- Authority
- Br¿nnich,1764
- Naming Status
- Currently accepted name
- Status
- Found in the Antarctica/subantarctic or Southern Ocean
See map of extents - Taxon has been resolved to the rank Species.
Hierarchy
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- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Laridae
- Genus
- Catharacta
Data and maps
Observation / specimen counts
There are 234 observations / specimens of this taxa in the database from 1954 to 2006.
234 species distribution records for this taxa are published to GBIF, OBIS
2 species distribution records are south of 60 deg south.
Habitat domain - Marine
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| ABBBS Bird Banding records from the Australian Antarctic Territory and Heard Island. Details | 233 data pts | |
| Seabirds of the Southern and South Indian Ocean Details | 1 data pts | |
Distribution map
Polar projection map of the occurrence records of this taxa.
Warning - Validation efforts are incomplete. There may be a few spurious positions that require editing.