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South Polar Skua

Stercorarius maccormicki

110Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
2Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar0
Apr10
May20
Jun0
Jul2
Aug26
Sep3
Oct48
Nov0
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England6
2Isles of Scilly England4
35 England1 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 2 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
110
Peak month
October
Counties with records
2
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Stercorarius maccormicki
Group
Birds
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Stercorariidae
Genus
Stercorarius
Name with authority
Stercorarius maccormicki H.Saunders, 1893
Described
1893

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q571268 · GBIF 2481616