Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger)

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

Photography ID: 666469
Adult
Laguna La Paloma, Maipú
Mendoza
Argentina
01/02/2026
Pablo Moreno

Photography ID: 666468
Adult
Laguna La Paloma, Maipú
Mendoza
Argentina
01/02/2026
Pablo Moreno

Photography ID: 576931
Adult
Desembocadura arroyo el ccarrizal
Mendoza
Argentina
03/16/2024
Pablo Moreno

Photography ID: 427889
Adult
Embalse El Carrizal
Mendoza
Argentina
12/23/2020
Pablo Moreno

Photography ID: 194316
Florianópolis
Santa Catarina
Brazil
02/10/2017
Pablo Moreno

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2412714

02/01/2026

Argentina

Mendoza

Laguna La Paloma, Maipú

Pablo Moreno

2012667

16/03/2024

Argentina

Mendoza

Desembocadura arroyo el ccarrizal

Pablo Moreno

1582956

18/05/2022

Argentina

Mendoza

Laguna San Roque, Maipu

Pablo Moreno

1344336

23/12/2020

Argentina

Mendoza

Embalse El Carrizal

Pablo Moreno

552996

10/02/2017

Brazil

Santa Catarina

Florianópolis

Pablo Moreno

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Bibliography related

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.