Species Detail - Great Skua (Stercorarius skua) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Birds of Ireland".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Stercorarius skua
Great Skua
NHMSYS0021053549
RecommendedWell-formed
Bonxie , Catharacta skua Brünnich, 1764, Catharacta skua , Lestris catarrhactes , Stercorarius skua (Brünnich, 1764), Stercorarius skua skua (Brunnich, 1764)
Protected Species: Wildlife Acts || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern >> Birds of Conservation Concern - Amber List
stsku
(Brünnich, 1764)
Bird
Species
155
79
49
21/07/1978
28/09/2025
2 January (recorded in 1988)
31 December (recorded in 2003)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Great Skua (Stercorarius skua), accessed 21 February 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/155/Species/286087