Black skimmer / Schwarzmantel-Scherenschnabel (Rynchops niger)

Black skimmers near Las Coloradas. 2023-04-15 10:11:18 Yucatan

Observations

Only documented observation: 2023-04-15

Description

Classification: Genus Rynchops (Rynchops); Family Gulls (Laridae)
Geography: This bird appears across the great seas in the following continents: North America, South America, Africa.
General: The black skimmer (Rynchops niger) is a tern-like seabird, one of three very similar birds 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 coasts, but the South American races make only shorter movements in response to annual floods which extend their feeding areas in the river shallows. [more]