Bed-jacket vs Great Skua

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Stercorarius skua

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Great Skua
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Charadriiformes (Charadriiformes)
Family	Sapindaceae	Stercorariidae
Genus	Alectryon	Stercorarius
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Stercorarius skua

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Great Skua

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Great Skua
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Great Skua

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found across Europe (4 countries) and South America (Colombia, Venezuela).

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.