Great Skua
Stercorarius skua
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyStercorariidae (Skuas and Jaegers)
- GenusStercorarius (Skuas and Jaegers)
- SpeciesStercorarius skua (Great Skua)
Closest Relatives at Snowdonia National Park
Parasitic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticus
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinus
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatus
European Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegus
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscus
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinus
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Great Skua at Snowdonia National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
🕐 When They’re Spotted
Sightings of Great Skua are recorded here, but fewer than 5 of them carry a time of day in GBIF — sighting probability uses whole days, so it is unaffected. The hourly pattern needs timestamps we don't have yet.
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vatnajokull National Park | 🇮🇸 Iceland | |
| 2 | Doñana National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 5 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |