Great skua | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Stercorariidae |
Genus: | Stercorarius |
Species: | S. skua
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Binomial name | |
Stercorarius skua (Brünnich, 1764)
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Synonyms | |
Catharacta skua |
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.