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title: "Great Skua"
description: "Stercorarius skua — Uccelli. The great skua (Stercorarius skua), sometimes known by the name bonxie in Britain, is a large seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/great-skua
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Great Skua

> Stercorarius skua — Uccelli. The great skua (Stercorarius skua), sometimes known by the name bonxie in Britain, is a large seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae.

- Scientific name: *Stercorarius skua*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 2297
- Wikidata: [Q207760](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207760)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144297](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144297)

## Names

- en: Great Skua
- de: Große Raubmöwe
- es: Págalo grande
- fr: Grand Labbe
- nl: Grote jager
- pt: Moleiro-grande
- pl: Wydrzyk wielki

## Countries with the most observations

GB (622), IS (354), NO (184), PT (64), FO (63), SJ (58), ES (56), IE (37), FR (35), DZ (26), RU (20), DE (15)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_skua

## Photo

![Great Skua](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/great-skua/medium.jpg)

Photo: steve b · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/222609673

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/great-skua?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).