Great Skua

Closest Relatives at Doñana 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	Vatnajokull National Park	🇮🇸 Iceland	10–20%
2	Doñana National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	<5%
3	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	<5%
4	Snowdonia National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	Insufficient data
5	Cairngorms National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Great Skua in Doñana National Park?

About 1% of visitor-days record a Great Skua sighting in Doñana National Park, based on 21 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Great Skua in Doñana National Park?

December has the highest sighting rate for Great Skua in Doñana National Park in our monthly data.