Stercorarius skua (BrĂ¼nnich, 1764)
(Great Skua)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesStercorarius skua (Great Skua)
GenusStercorarius (skuas)
FamilySTERCORARIIDAE (skuas)
OrderCHARADRIIFORMES (plovers and sea birds)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Sterry, P. 2005 Great Skuas Vol 16, No 3 Page: 199

Stercorarius skua (Great Skua) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Stercorarius skua (Great Skua)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Stercorarius skua (Great Skua)
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