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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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Conservation Status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern
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Synonyms: Rynchops nigra.

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EcoRegistros Revista - Related articles




Becasa de Mar (Limosa haemastica) y Playero Zancudo (Calidris himantopus), dos nuevos aportes a la avifauna acuática para la provincia de San Juan y menciones para aves con escasos registros (Comentarios: 7)
EcoRegistros Revista Nº 2 - Article Nº 12
Publish by: Francisco Lucero
Published date: 09/26/2012 10:09



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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 654704
  Adult
Pantanal
Mato Grosso
Brazil
09/12/2025
Manuel Godoy
Foto
Photography ID: 518788
  Adult
Pantanal
Mato Grosso
Brazil
06/01/2022
Nino A. Grangetto
Foto
Photography ID: 217440
  Immature
Pantanal
Mato Grosso
Brazil
08/25/2017
Susana Gomez
Foto
Photography ID: 217439
  Adult
Pantanal
Mato Grosso
Brazil
08/25/2017
Susana Gomez
Foto
Photography ID: 172077
  Adult
Pantanal
Mato Grosso
Brazil
09/22/2016
Ramon Moller Jensen



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
236957212/09/2025BrazilMato GrossoPorto Jofre, PantanalManuel Godoy
234538820/08/2025BrazilMato GrossoPorto Jofre, PantanalNicolas Olejnik
234521319/08/2025BrazilMato GrossoRio São Lourenço desde Porto Jofre, PantanalNicolas Olejnik
234391918/08/2025BrazilMato GrossoRio São Lourenço desde Porto Jofre, PantanalNicolas Olejnik
230568015/06/2025BrazilMato GrossoPousada Piuval, PantanalNicolas Olejnik
230523014/06/2025BrazilMato GrossoPousada Piuval, PantanalNicolas Olejnik
230471613/06/2025BrazilMato GrossoRio São Lourenço desde Porto Jofre, Pantanal2Nicolas Olejnik
217548519/09/2024BrazilMato GrossoPe Encontro das Aguas, Pantanal1Dario Juan Wendeler
216609919/09/2024BrazilMato GrossoPe Encontro das Aguas, Pantanal1Miguel Ansenuza
216059519/09/2024BrazilMato GrossoPe Encontro das Aguas, Pantanal1Hugo Caverzasi
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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 10/03/2026.