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: 680088
Adult
Albúfera Laguna Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/20/2026
Elsa Longo

Photography ID: 679508
Adult
San Miguel del Monte
Buenos Aires
Argentina
03/25/2026
Jorgelina Lopez

Photography ID: 678419
Adult
Punta Rasa
Buenos Aires
Argentina
03/07/2026
Pablo Eguia

Photography ID: 677904
Adult
Albúfera Laguna Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/20/2026
Guillermo Marcaida

Photography ID: 675751
Adult
Coronel Dorrego
Buenos Aires
Argentina
01/25/2026
Roxana Larramendy

Photography ID: 673126
Adult
Coronel Dorrego
Buenos Aires
Argentina
01/19/2026
Gustavo Abel Larracoechea

Photography ID: 672936
Adult
Nono
Córdoba
Argentina
02/11/2026
Jorge Schlemmer

Photography ID: 672388
Adult
Laguna Garzón y alrededores
Maldonado
Uruguay
01/06/2026
Pablo Marcelo Meyer

Photography ID: 672387
Adult
Laguna Garzón y alrededores
Maldonado
Uruguay
01/06/2026
Pablo Marcelo Meyer

Photography ID: 671403
Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
01/27/2026
Victor Hugo Michelini

Photography ID: 669752
El Mollar
Tucumán
Argentina
01/02/2026
Viviana Fuentes

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

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2452019

25/03/2026

Argentina

Buenos Aires

San Miguel del Monte

Jorgelina Lopez

2447066

14/03/2026

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Camino a Tapera de López, Reserva Natural Punta Rasa

Alec Earnshaw

2448894

07/03/2026

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Punta Rasa

Nino A. Grangetto

2448647

07/03/2026

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Estancia El Palenque, General Lavalle

Pablo Eguia

2448554

07/03/2026

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Punta Rasa

Pablo Eguia

2448843

06/03/2026

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Estancia El Palenque, General Lavalle

Nino A. Grangetto

2448498

06/03/2026

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Estancia El Palenque, General Lavalle

Pablo Eguia

2442902

06/03/2026

Argentina

Buenos Aires

San Miguel del Monte

Diego Oscar

2441328

03/03/2026

Argentina

Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires

Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (RECS)

Nicolas Olejnik

2447667

20/02/2026

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Albúfera Laguna Mar Chiquita

Guillermo Marcaida

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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.