South Polar Skua

South Polar Skua

Stercorarius maccormicki

<5% · Rare
overall probability at Olympic National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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 Olympic National Park?

About 0% of visitor-days record a South Polar Skua sighting in Olympic National Park, based on 6 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

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

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

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