Where does the South Polar Skua live?

Stercorarius maccormicki has 42,965 records in 72 countries and territories, from 1697 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

42,965 records
72 places
99 years recorded
Aves class

AnimaliaChordataAvesCharadriiformesStercorariidaeStercorarius

When it is recorded

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Peak month: September. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

Place	Records	Share
United States	24,309
Antarctica	12,348
Canada	1,865
Australia	588
Spain	520
Portugal	293
Brazil	200
Cabo Verde	187
Japan	142
New Zealand	135
France	128
United Kingdom	105
ZZ	96
Peru	91
Mexico	79
Chile	63
Guadeloupe	63
Argentina	61
South Africa	56
Bermuda	54
Senegal	48
Western Sahara	43
India	37
Netherlands	27
South Georgia	21
Guernsey	18
Mauritania	18
Saint Helena	17
Northern Mariana Islands	16
French Guiana	14
Suriname	12
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	10
Falkland Islands	8
Namibia	8
Uruguay	8
British Indian Ocean Territory	7
Taiwan	7
Fiji	6
Panama	6
French Southern Territories	6

Showing the top 40 of 72 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Stercorariidae.

Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.