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Black Skimmer

Rynchops niger
Linnaeus, C, 1758
Rayador
Talha-mar
Family: Laridae
Order: Charadriiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Records from Mar del Plata

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Rynchops nigra.

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 647153
 Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
08/02/2025
Regina Gerbaldo
Foto
Photography ID: 491979
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
03/31/2022
Jorge Schlemmer
Foto
Photography ID: 407059
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
08/01/2020
Victor Hugo Michelini
Foto
Photography ID: 319832
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/10/2019
José Luis Ianiro



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
235115201/09/202514:17ArgentinaBuenos AiresMar del Plata3Nicolas Olejnik
233885202/08/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresReserva Natural Puerto Mar del Plata, Mar del PlataRegina Gerbaldo
176718229/04/2023ArgentinaBuenos AiresPuerto - Escollera Sur, Mar del Plata3Diego Oscar
157618731/03/2022ArgentinaBuenos AiresReserva Natural del Puerto, Mar del PlataJorge Schlemmer
127879301/08/2020ArgentinaBuenos AiresLagunas de Punta Mogotes, Mar del PlataMónica Suarez
127850101/08/2020ArgentinaBuenos AiresLagunas de Punta Mogotes, Mar del PlataVictor Hugo Michelini
89230710/02/2019ArgentinaBuenos AiresLagunas de Punta Mogotes, Mar del PlataJosé Luis Ianiro
85399908/12/2018ArgentinaBuenos AiresMar del Plata, Mar del PlataPablo Eguia
85362908/12/2018ArgentinaBuenos AiresMar del PlataWalter Liriel Gómez Umpierrez
85161308/12/2018ArgentinaBuenos AiresBanquina de Pescadores, Mar del PlataAdriana Bellotti
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Bibliography related


Artículo Lucero, F. y J. C. Chebez. 2011. Nuevas citas y ampliación de la distribución de algunas aves en las provincias de San Juan, Mendoza y La Rioja. Nótulas Faunísticas N° 71. Fundación Félix de Azara.



Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 14/03/2026.