Taxon data and maps: Catharacta maccormicki
Taxonomy details
Context
- Taxon Id
- 59671
- Common Name
- South Polar Skua
- Authority
- (Saunders,1893)
- 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
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Data and maps
Observation / specimen counts
There are 1254 observations / specimens of this taxa in the database from 1956 to 2006.
1254 species distribution records for this taxa are published to GBIF, OBIS
1217 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 | 430 data pts | |
| Bird observations from South African BIOMASS voyages, Mawson and Prydz Bay region, 1984 and 1985 Details | 2 data pts | |
| Nest census, Windmill Islands 2002/03 Details | 72 data pts | |
| Seabirds of the Southern and South Indian Ocean Details | 750 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.