South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (55)
- Monotypic
Robert W. Furness, Peter F. D. Boesman, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 28, 2017
Text last updated May 28, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Suidpoolroofmeeu |
| Arabic | كركر القطب الجنوبي |
| Asturian | Cñgalu antñrticu |
| Basque | Marikaka antartikoa |
| Bulgarian | Антарктически морелетник |
| Catalan | paràsit austral |
| Chinese | 灰賊鷗 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 南极贼鸥 |
| Croatian | antarktički pomornik |
| Czech | chaluha antarktická |
| Danish | Sydpolar-kjove |
| Dutch | Zuidpooljager |
| English | South Polar Skua |
| English (United States) | South Polar Skua |
| Faroese | Suðurhavsskúgvur |
| French | Labbe de McCormick |
| French (France) | Labbe de McCormick |
| Galician | Palleira de MacCormick |
| German | Südpolarskua |
| Greek | Ληστόγλαρος του Νότου Πόλου |
| Hebrew | חמסן דרומי |
| Hungarian | Délsarki halfarkas |
| Icelandic | Sæskúmur |
| Indonesian | Skua kutub |
| Japanese | オオトウゾクカモメ |
| Korean | 남극도둑갈매기 |
| Lithuanian | Makormiko plėšikas |
| Malayalam | നരയൻ സ്കുവ |
| Norwegian | sørjo |
| Persian | کاکایی اقیانوسی قهوه ای |
| Polish | wydrzyk antarktyczny |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | mandrião-do-sul |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Alcaide-do-antárctico |
| Romanian | Lup de mare antarctic |
| Russian | Южнополярный поморник |
| Serbian | Južnoatlantski pomornik |
| Slovak | pomorník juhopolárny |
| Slovenian | Antarktična govnačka |
| Spanish | Págalo Polar |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Escúa Polar |
| Spanish (Chile) | Salteador polar |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Salteador Polar |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Skua del polo sur |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Salteador del Polo Sur |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Págalo Sureño |
| Spanish (Panama) | Salteador Polar |
| Spanish (Peru) | Salteador del Polo Sur |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Págalo Polar |
| Spanish (Spain) | Págalo polar |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Escúa Polar |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Salteador Aliblanco |
| Swedish | sydpolslabb |
| Turkish | Güney Kutbu Korsanmartısı |
| Ukrainian | Поморник антарктичний |
| Zulu | impisiyeqhwa |
Stercorarius maccormicki Saunders, 1893
PROTONYM:
Stercorarius maccormicki
Saunders, 1893. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 3, p.12.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Possession Island, Victoria Land, lat. 71° 14' S., long. 171° 15' W.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- STERCORARIUS
- stercorarius
- maccormicki
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
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