South Polar Skua
Stercorarius maccormicki
🐦 Bird
About South Polar Skua
Aggressive predators and scavengers, South Polar Skuas are known for stealing food from other birds and preying on penguin eggs and chicks. They breed on the Antarctic continent and migrate to the Northern Hemisphere during the Antarctic winter, making one of the longest migrations of any bird.
Expeditions to See South Polar Skua
10-night ushuaia roundtrip
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Next: Nov 21, 2027Antarctica Peninsula
11-Day The Great White Continent
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Antarctica Peninsula
13-Day Antarctica Exploration
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Antarctica Peninsula
13-night buenos aires to ushuaia
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Antarctica Peninsula
13-night ushuaia roundtrip
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Antarctica Peninsula
15-Day Chilean Fjord & Patagonia Explorer
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Antarctica PeninsulaChilean Fjords
15-Wild South Atlantic & Falkland Islands
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Antarctica PeninsulaFalkland IslandsPort Stanley
16-night ushuaia roundtrip
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Antarctica Peninsula
18-night ushuaia roundtrip
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Antarctica Peninsula
21-Day Antarctica, South Georgia & Falkland
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Antarctica PeninsulaFalkland IslandsPort Stanley+1 more
Where to See Them
Antarctic Sound
High chance Jan-Feb, Nov-Dec
Antarctica Peninsula
High chance Jan-Mar, Nov-Dec
Brown Bluff
High chance Jan-Feb, Nov-Dec
Cuverville Island
High chance Jan-Feb, Nov-Dec
Deception Island
High chance Jan-Feb, Nov-Dec
Elephant Island
High chance Jan-Feb, Nov-Dec
Gerlache Strait
High chance Jan-Feb, Nov-Dec
Half Moon Island
High chance Jan-Feb, Nov-Dec
Neko Harbour
High chance Jan-Feb, Nov-Dec
Paradise Bay
High chance Jan-Feb, Nov-Dec
Paulet Island
High chance Jan-Feb, Nov-Dec
Ross Island
High chance Jan-Feb, Nov-Dec
Ross Sea
High chance Jan-Feb, Nov-Dec
South Orkney Islands
High chance Jan-Feb, Nov-Dec
South Shetland Islands
High chance Jan-Mar, Nov-Dec
Weddell Sea
High chance Jan-Feb, Nov-Dec
Drake Passage
Good chance Jan-Mar, Nov-Dec
Lemaire Channel
Good chance Jan, Dec