Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Charadriiformes > Family Stercorariidae > Genus Stercorarius

Stercorarius skua (Brunnich, 1764)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Stercorarius*		accepted genus name

Species group names

*Catharacta skua*	Brünnich, 1764	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): storjo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: mtorkjove; Storkjove sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: grote jager sources: Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.

French: grande labbe; stercoraire brun sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.;De Coninck, L. A. P. (1938): Scientific results of Prof. Dr. P. Van Oye's expedition in Iceland. II observations ornithologiques. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 5: 234-264

Gaelic: meirleach mór sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Galician: Meirleach mór

German: grosse Raul Möwe; Skua sources: De Coninck, L. A. P. (1938): Scientific results of Prof. Dr. P. Van Oye's expedition in Iceland. II observations ornithologiques. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 5: 234-264;Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

Greek: Αετοληστόγλαρος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Icelandic: skùmur sources: De Coninck, L. A. P. (1938): Scientific results of Prof. Dr. P. Van Oye's expedition in Iceland. II observations ornithologiques. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 5: 234-264

Irish: Meirleach mór sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

Norwegian: storjo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: storjo sources: Orn. Boreal. p. 33

Norwegian Nynorsk: storjo sources: Orn. Boreal. p. 33

Nynorsk (Norwegian): storjo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish: meirleach mór sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: storlabb sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Поморник великий

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376
additional source	Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (20 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (71 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Stercorarius skua (Brunnich, 1764). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137174