South Polar Skua

Closest Relatives at Channel Islands National Park

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Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
2	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
3	Fiordland National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	Insufficient data
4	Paracas National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	Insufficient data
5	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
6	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
7	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a South Polar Skua in Channel Islands National Park?

About 2% of visitor-days record a South Polar Skua sighting in Channel Islands National Park, based on 165 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see South Polar Skua in Channel Islands National Park?

August has the highest sighting rate for South Polar Skua in Channel Islands National Park in our monthly data.