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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: 579969
  Adult
Albúfera Laguna Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
03/25/2024
Elsa Longo
Foto
Photography ID: 579291
  Adult
General Madariaga
Buenos Aires
Argentina
03/24/2024
Elsa Longo
Foto
Photography ID: 532442
  Adult
Albúfera Laguna Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
03/21/2023
Elsa Longo
Foto
Photography ID: 385011
  Adult
Reserva Natural Punta Rasa
Buenos Aires
Argentina
01/31/2020
Elsa Longo
Foto
Photography ID: 260457
  Adult
Reserva Natural Punta Rasa
Buenos Aires
Argentina
03/24/2018
Elsa Longo



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
236113806/08/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresAlbúfera Laguna Mar ChiquitaElsa Longo
202248425/03/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresAlbúfera Laguna Mar ChiquitaElsa Longo
202117924/03/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresCamino a Reserva Laguna Salada Grande, General MadariagaElsa Longo
202114324/03/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresPuerto de San Clemente, San Clemente del TuyúElsa Longo
175371421/03/2023ArgentinaBuenos AiresAlbúfera Laguna Mar ChiquitaElsa Longo
120311331/01/2020ArgentinaBuenos AiresReserva Natural Punta RasaElsa Longo
74623924/03/2018ArgentinaBuenos AiresMirador de aves, Reserva Natural Punta RasaElsa Longo
56295924/03/2017ArgentinaBuenos AiresReserva Natural Punta RasaElsa Longo
42540324/03/2016ArgentinaBuenos AiresCamino de Gorchs hacia Puente Romero, GorchsElsa Longo
38073114/11/2015ArgentinaBuenos AiresReserva Natural Punta RasaElsa Longo
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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 29/03/2026.