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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

Synonyms: Rynchops nigra.

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 563128
  Adult
Puente Rosario Victoria
Entre Ríos
Argentina
01/03/2024
Gustavo Puente
Foto
Photography ID: 562995
  Adult
Puente Rosario Victoria
Entre Ríos
Argentina
01/03/2024
Gustavo Puente
Foto
Photography ID: 344774
  Adult
Concepción del Uruguay
Entre Ríos
Argentina
08/05/2019
Gustavo Puente
Foto
Photography ID: 254895
  Adult
Federación
Entre Ríos
Argentina
03/17/2018
Gustavo Puente
Foto
Photography ID: 208039
  Adult
Magdalena
Atlántico
Colombia
06/19/2017
Gustavo Puente
Foto
Photography ID: 111986
  Adult
Laguna de Rocha
Rocha
Uruguay
01/09/2013
Gustavo Puente
Foto
Photography ID: 102663
  Adult
Perdices
Entre Ríos
Argentina
06/19/2015
Gustavo Puente



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
224929620/02/2025ArgentinaEntre RíosReserva de Uso Múltiple Isla del PuertoGustavo Puente
218131816/10/2024ArgentinaEntre RíosReserva de Uso Múltiple Isla del PuertoGustavo Puente
193793103/01/2024ArgentinaEntre RíosTraza puente Rosario Victoria, Puente Rosario VictoriaGustavo Puente
164125619/09/2022ArgentinaEntre RíosReserva de Uso Múltiple Isla del PuertoGustavo Puente
155440103/03/2022ArgentinaEntre RíosIsla Cambacuá, Concepción del Uruguay3Gustavo Puente
110026224/09/2019ArgentinaCorrientesGoya, Reserva Natural Isla de las DamasGustavo Puente
95742705/08/2019ArgentinaEntre RíosIsla Cambacuá, Concepción del UruguayGustavo Puente
71566717/03/2018ArgentinaEntre RíosZona urbana en la orilla del lago- Camino costero peatonal, FederaciónGustavo Puente
58782419/06/2017ColombiaAtlánticoMagdalenaGustavo Puente
29595819/06/2015ArgentinaEntre RíosPerdicesGustavo Puente
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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 23/03/2026.