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title: "Zuidpooljager"
description: "Stercorarius maccormicki — Vogels. The south polar skua (Stercorarius maccormicki) is a large seabird in the skua family, Stercorariidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/south-polar-skua
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Zuidpooljager

> Stercorarius maccormicki — Vogels. The south polar skua (Stercorarius maccormicki) is a large seabird in the skua family, Stercorariidae.

- Scientific name: *Stercorarius maccormicki*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust), `arctic` (Poolgebied)
- iNaturalist observations: 1958
- Wikidata: [Q571268](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q571268)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144296](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144296)

## Names

- en: South Polar Skua
- de: Antarktikskua
- es: Págalo sureño
- fr: Labbe de McCormick
- nl: Zuidpooljager
- pt: Moleiro-do-sul
- pl: Wydrzyk antarktyczny

## Countries with the most observations

US (86), CA (31), BR (8), UY (4), GS (3)

## Summary

The south polar skua (Stercorarius maccormicki) is a large seabird in the skua family, Stercorariidae. An older name for the bird is MacCormick's skua, after explorer and naval surgeon Robert McCormick, who first collected the type specimen. This species and the other large skuas, such as the great skua, are sometimes placed in a separate genus Catharacta.

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

## Photo

![Zuidpooljager](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/south-polar-skua/medium.jpg)

Photo: Hugo Hulsberg · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/155541790

## Machine access

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