# Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) on an ice floe, Svalbard

- By: AWeith
- Date: 2015-07-28
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arctic_skua_(Stercorarius_parasiticus)_on_an_ice_floe,_Svalbard.jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
- Picture: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Arctic_skua_%28Stercorarius_parasiticus%29_on_an_ice_floe%2C_Svalbard.jpg/1920px-Arctic_skua_%28Stercorarius_parasiticus%29_on_an_ice_floe%2C_Svalbard.jpg
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The arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) is the most common skua on the Spitzbergen archipelago. About 1,000 breeding pairs reside on the islands.