The Great Skua (Stercorarius skua) is a skua found across Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. A piratical seabird that chases gulls and terns to steal their catch. It typically occurs in coasts and open sea.
In the Nordic countries the Great Skua is best described as a passage migrant. Its global conservation status is assessed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. On Fågelkartan you can see where it has been reported over the last 30 days, based on open data from the national species-observation systems.
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