Great Skua / Stercorarius skua LC

Synonyms Brown Skua, Common Skua, Bonxie, Northern Skua, Skua, Southern Skua, Great Jaeger, Northern Jaeger
Old latin name for bird Cataractes skua, Lestris catarrhactes, Lestris catharactes, Catarracta skua, Catharacta skua, Stercorarius catharractes, Megalestris skua, Stercorarius catarrhactes, Larus catarractes, Lestris catarractes, Catarractes vulgaris, Cataracta fusca, Stercorarius cataractes, Stercocarius skua, Lestris skua, Larus keeask, Lestris catharractes, Catarractes fusca, Larus fuscus, Buphaga skua, Stercorarius catarractes, Catarractes skua

Great Skuabird sounds *

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Song, © Timo Janhonen
United Kingdom
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Call, flight call, © Erik Normark
Norway
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Call, © Fraser Simpson
United Kingdom
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Call, © Tim de Boer
United Kingdom
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Call, © Ruud van Beusekom
Iceland
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Alarm call, flight call, © Fernand DEROUSSEN
Iceland
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Begging call, call, © Stein Ø. Nilsen
Norway
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Alarm call, © Rob van Bemmelen
Norway

* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see Great Skua

Breeding region Eurasia
Breeding subregion Iceland, Faroe Is., Ireland, Scotland, Norway, Svalbard (n of Norway), and nw Russia to Novaya Zemlya
Non breeding region North Atlantic Ocean offshore waters to c Gulf Stream of New England to North Carolina, ne Brazil, North Sea to Iberian Pen., Macaronesia (w of nw Africa), w Africa and w Mediterranean

Species Name in Other Languages

Language	Translation
Afrikaans	Grootroofmeeu, Suidpoolroofmeeu
Albanian	Pulëzeza e madhe
Arabic	كركر كبير
Azerbaijani	böyük dənizçi
Basque	Paràsit gros, Marikaka handia, Marikoi handi, Marikoi handia
Belarusian	Паморнік вялікі, Вялікі паморнік, Вялiкi паморнік
Bengali	ফড় কুয়া
Breton	Sparfell-vor vras, Ar sparfell-vor bras
Bulgarian	Голям морелетник, Обикновена скуа, Скуа
Catalan	paràsit boreal, Paràsit gros
Chinese	北贼鸥, 中贼鸥
Chinese (Traditional)	大賊鷗
Chuvash	пысăк тинĕс хĕрри чарлакĕ
Cornish	Gwagel
Croatian	veliki pomornik
Czech	chaluha velká
Danish	Storkjove
Dutch	Grote Jager
Esperanto	granda rabmevo
Estonian	suuränn
Faroese	Skúvur, Skúgvur
Finnish	isokihu
French	Grand Labbe, Labbe catharacte
Frisian	Grutte skraits
Galician	Paràsit gros, palleira grande
German	Skua, Grosse Raubmöwe, GroßeRaubmöwe
Greek	Αετοληστόγλαρος, Πειρατής
Hebrew	חמסן גדול, חמסן גדול גמלוני
Hungarian	nagy halfarkas
Icelandic	Skúmur
Irish	Meirleach Mór
Italian	Stercorario maggiore
Japanese	キタオオトウゾクカモメ, オオトウゾクカモメ
Kazakh	үлкен құрақтұмсық
Latvian	lielā klijkaija
Lithuanian	didysis plėšikas, Didysis plešikas
Luxembourgish	Skua
Macedonian	Голем поморник
Maltese	Ċiefa Kbira, Skua Prima
Manx	Maarliagh mooar, Maarliagh Marrey
Maori	Hakoakoa
Northern Sami	Stuorraskáiti, Áhpeháskil
Norwegian	storjo
Norwegian Nynorsk	Storjo
Polish	Wydrzyk długosterny, wydrzyk wielki, Skua, Wydrzyk dlugosterny
Portuguese	Mandrião-grande / Alcaide, mandrião-chileno, mandrião-antártico, moleiro grande, mandrião-do-sul, gaivota-rapineira-grande, Gaivota rapineira grande, Alcaide, dizimeiro-grande, Moleiro-grande, mandrião-grande, dizimeiro, gaivota-rapineira, moleiro-grande
Romanian	Lup de mare atlantic
Romansh	muetta gronda
Russian	Поморник большой, Большой поморник
Serbian	Veliki pomornik
Slovak	pomorník skua, pomorník veľký
Slovenian	velika govnacka, velika govnačka
Spanish	Escúa común, Págalo grande
Swedish	storlabb
Turkish	Büyük Korsanmartı, Büyük Korsan Martı, büyük korsanmarty
Turkmen	uly denizçi çarlak
Ukrainian	поморник великий, Великий поморник
Uzbek	катта поморник
Welsh	Ysgiwen fawr, Sgiwen fawr, Gwylan frech, Ysgiwen fwyaf