Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger)
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About Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger)
- Kingdom: Animals
- Phylum: Chordates
- Class: Birds
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
The black skimmer is a tern-like seabird, one of three similar bird species in the skimmer genus Rynchops in the gull family Laridae. It breeds in North and South America. Northern populations winter in the warmer waters of the Caribbean and the tropical and subtropical Pacific and Atlantic coasts, but South American populations make only shorter movements in response to annual floods which extend their feeding areas in the river shallows.
Source: Wikipedia
Visits
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2007-06-17
Stone Harbor Point, United States of America -
2007-06-24
Agua Vista Park, United States of America -
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2008-07-13
Jamaica Bay National Wildlife Refuge, United States of America -
2010-06-21
Cape May Point State Park, United States of America -
2011-07-15
Pantanal, Brazil -
2012-08-12
Foster City Beach, United States of America -
2013-04-18
Galveston Island, United States of America -
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