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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Aves > Order: Charadriiformes > Family: Stercorariidae > Genus: Stercorarius > Species: Stercorarius parasiticus

Artic Skua - Stercorarius parasiticus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Saxifraga-Edo van Uchelen

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
EU Population status	Threatened
Protected by	EU Birds Directive and 1 other international agreement
Natura 2000 sites	53 are designated for this species
Breeding habitats	sparsely vegetated land
Wintering habitats	open ocean shelf
Natura 2000 species code	A173

Distribution

Threat and EU population status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Least Concern

Endangered

EU population status

The status of the population at the EU level was evaluated at the species level; this was based on the reports delivered by Member States under Article 12 of the Birds Directive (see fact sheet below). The EU status assessment can cover several subspecies/subspecific population units. For more information, please consult the species fact sheet and link below.

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

Sources:

Population status categories for bird species under the Birds Directive

Secure

Near Threatened, declining or depleted

Threatened (i.e. vulnerable, endangered, critically endangered, regionally extinct)

Unknown or not evaluated

Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode	Country	Site name	Action
ES0000318	Spain	Cabo Busto-Luanco	Map
FR2110001	France	Lacs de la forêt d'Orient	Map
FR2110002	France	Lac du Der	Map
FR2310044	France	Estuaire et marais de la Basse Seine	Map
FR2310045	France	Littoral seino-marin	Map
FR2512001	France	Littoral augeron	Map
FR3110085	France	Cap Gris-Nez	Map
FR5310057	France	Archipel de Glenan	Map
FR5310072	France	Ouessant-Molène	Map
FR5310074	France	Baie de Vilaine	Map
FR5310092	France	Rivière de Pénerf	Map
FR5310093	France	Baie de Quiberon	Map
FR5412012	France	Bonne Anse, marais de Bréjat et de Saint Augustin	Map
FR8310066	France	Monts et Plomb du Cantal	Map
FR9310019	France	Camargue	Map
IT20B0009	Italy	Valli del Mincio	Map
IT3210018	Italy	Basso Garda	Map
ITA040002	Italy	Isola di Lampedusa e Lampione	Map
PLB220004	Poland	Ujście Wisły	Map
PLB220005	Poland	Zatoka Pucka	Map
PTZPE0009	Portugal	Ilhas Berlengas	Map
SE0230055	Sweden	Sankt Anna och Gryts skärgårdar	Map
SE0230090	Sweden	Bråviken yttre	Map
SE0230138	Sweden	Åsvikelandet-Kvädö	Map
SE0230139	Sweden	Dannskären	Map
SE0230328	Sweden	Missjö	Map
SE0520001	Sweden	Vrångöskärgården	Map
SE0520036	Sweden	Sälöfjorden	Map
SE0520043	Sweden	Nordre älvs estuarium	Map
SE0630139	Sweden	Långvind	Map
SE0820035	Sweden	Rödkallen-SörÄspen	Map
BG0000270	Bulgaria	Atanasovsko ezero	Map
ITA040013	Italy	Arcipelago delle Pelagie - area marina e terrestre	Map
IT9320302	Italy	Marchesato e Fiume Neto	Map
PTCON0008	Portugal	Sintra / Cascais	Map
IT20B0017	Italy	Ansa e Valli del Mincio	Map
ROSPA0031	Romania	Delta Dunării și Complexul Razim - Sinoie	Map
BG0002043	Bulgaria	Emine	Map
BG0002045	Bulgaria	Kompleks Kamchia	Map
FR5312010	France	Dunes et côtes de Trévignon	Map
FR5212014	France	Estuaire de la Loire - Baie de Bourgneuf	Map
FR9112034	France	Cap Bear- cap Cerbère	Map
FR5312009	France	Roches de Penmarc'h	Map
FR5212015	France	Secteur marin de l'île d'Yeu jusqu'au continent	Map
FR5312011	France	Iles Houat-Hoedic	Map
FR5212013	France	Mor Braz	Map
FR7212018	France	Bassin d'Arcachon et banc d'Arguin	Map
FR3112006	France	Bancs des Flandres	Map
AT2209000	Austria	Niedere Tauern	Map
ES1200055	Spain	Cabo Busto-Luanco	Map
SE0420360	Sweden	Nordvästra Skånes havsområde	Map
FR2512005	France	Nord Bretagne DO	Map
FR5212016	France	Mers Celtiques - Talus du golfe de Gascogne	Map

Legal status

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 30 November 2009, on the conservation of wild birds (EU Birds Directive)	This species is not mentioned in the annexes, but it is covered by the general protection regime provided by Article 1 of the Directive to all species of birds naturally occurring in the wild state in the European territory of the Member States to which the Treaty applies.		http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex III: protected fauna species (All species of Birds not included in Appendix II)		http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Artic Skua	English	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Ékfarkú halfarkas	Hungarian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Kleine Jager	Dutch	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Labb	Swedish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Labbe parasite	French	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Labbo	Italian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Merikihu	Finnish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Moleiro-parasítico	Portuguese	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Págalo Parásito	Spanish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Schmarotzerraubmöwe	German	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Wydrzyk ostrosterny	Polish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.

Synonym	Author
All species of Birds not included in Appendix II

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EBCC Atlas of breeding birds	European Bird Census Council's Atlas of Breeding Birds
EURing code:05670	European bird-ringing
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia
WoRMS	World Register of Marine Species

External data

No external data sets available for this species

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