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Black Skimmer
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Shorebirds, gulls & terns

Black Skimmer

Rynchops niger Linnaeus, 1758

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishBlack Skimmer
DutchAmerikaanse Schaarbek
SpanishRayador americano
Chinese黑剪嘴鸥
Scientific nameRynchops niger Linnaeus, 1758

About this species

The black skimmer (Rynchops niger) is a tern-like seabird, one of three similar bird species in the skimmer genus Rynchops in the gull family Laridae. It breeds in North and South America. Northern populations winter in the warmer waters of the Caribbean and the tropical and subtropical Pacific and Atlantic coasts, but South American populations make only shorter movements in response to annual floods which extend their feeding areas in the river shallows.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderCharadriiformes
FamilyLaridae
GenusRynchops

In Suriname

853Records in Suriname
22iNaturalist observations
1902First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Commewijne185
  • Paramaribo137
  • Nickerie122
  • Coronie67
  • Sipaliwini12
  • Marowijne7
  • Saramacca7
  • Wanica4
  • Brokopondo1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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