Great Skua (Stercorarius skua): Photos, Range and Facts

Overview

The great skua (Stercorarius skua), sometimes known by the name bonxie in Britain, is a large seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. It is roughly the size of a herring gull. It mainly eats fish caught at the sea surface or taken from other birds.

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Range and habitat

Breeds Iceland, Faroe Islands, Ireland, Scotland, Norway including Svalbard, and northwestern Russia to Novaya Zemlya; winters North Atlantic Ocean offshore waters to central Gulf Stream of New England to North Carolina, northeastern Brazil, North Sea to Iberian Peninsula, western Mediterranean, Macaronesia, and western Africa.

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.