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Black Skimmer

Rynchops niger Linnaeus, C 1758

The black skimmer is a tern-like seabird, one of three 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. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Charadriiformes
Family:
  Laridae
Genus:
   Rynchops
Scientific:
  Rynchops niger


Original description

Citation:
  Linnaeus, C 1758

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.138

Protonym:
  Rynchops nigra

Type locality:
  America = coast of South Carolina, ex Catesby.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/156/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  88AB027C4DF06D93

Avibase ID:
  avibase-88AB027C

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/88AB027C


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 554447

Geographic range:

  • Rynchops niger: breeds coastal USA from southern California to western Mexico and Massachusetts to eastern Mexico; river systems of South America from northern Colombia to central Argentina; winters coasts throughout Middle America south to south-central Chile
  • Rynchops niger niger: coastal USA and Mexico; winters to Panama
  • Rynchops niger cinerascens: coasts and rivers of northern South America to Bolivia and northwestern Argentina
  • Rynchops niger intercedens: eastern Brazil to Paraguay, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina
English:
Black Skimmer
Catalan:
Bec de tisora americà
Czech:
zoboun americký
Danish:
Amerikansk Saksnæb
German:
Amerikascherenschnabel
Spanish:
Rayador Americano
Spanish (Spain):
Rayador Americano
Finnish:
amerikansaksinokka
French:
Bec-en-ciseaux noir
Croatian:
američki vodosijek
Hungarian:
karibi ollóscsőrű
Icelandic:
Kolskari
Italian:
Becco a forbice americano
Japanese (romaji):
kurohasamiajisashi
Japanese:
クロハサミアジサシ
Lithuanian:
Juodasis žirkliasnapis
Dutch:
Amerikaanse Schaarbek
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Amerikasaksenebb
Norwegian:
Amerikasaksenebb
Polish:
brzytwodziób amerykański
Portuguese:
Talha-mar
Portuguese (Brazil):
talha-mar
Portuguese (Portugal):
Talha-mar-americano
Russian:
Чёрный водорез
Slovak:
zobáľ čiernochrbtý
Serbian:
Crni vodosek
Swedish:
amerikansk saxnäbb
Ukrainian:
Водоріз американський
Chinese:
黑剪嘴鸥
Chinese (Traditional):
黑剪嘴鷗


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (1886):
Black Skimmer ( Rynchops nigra) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 1st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 2nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 3rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 4th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 5th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 6th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 7th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (1895):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 8th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 9th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 10th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 11th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 12th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 13th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 14th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 15th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (1910):
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American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 16th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 17th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 18th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (1931):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 19th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 20th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 21st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 22nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 23rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 24th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 25th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 26th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 27th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 28th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 29th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 30th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 31st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (1957):
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American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 32nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 33rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 34th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (1983):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 35th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 36th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 37th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 38th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 39th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 40th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 41st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (1998):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 42nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 43rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 44th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 45th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 46th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 47th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 48th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 49th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 50th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 51st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 52nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 53rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 54th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 55th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 56th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 57th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 59th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 60th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl. and addendum):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 62nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 63rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 64th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 65th suppl.):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 01:
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Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Bec-en-ciseaux noir ( Rynchops niger) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Bec-en-ciseaux noir ( Rynchops niger) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Black Skimmer ( Rynchops niger) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
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Clements, version 2022:
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Clements, version 2023:
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Clements, version 2024:
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Clements 3rd edition:
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Clements 4th edition:
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Clements 5th edition (as published):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition:
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
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Clements, version 2015:
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Clements, version 2016:
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Clements, version 2017:
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Clements, version 2018:
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.50:
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eBird version 1.52:
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eBird version 1.53:
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eBird version 1.54:
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eBird version 1.55:
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eBird version 2015:
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eBird version 2016:
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eBird version 2017:
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eBird version 2018:
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eBird version 2019:
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eBird version 2021:
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eBird version 2022:
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eBird version 2023:
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eBird version 2024:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Rynchops niger [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Rynchops nigra [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Rynchops nigra [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Black Skimmer ( Rynchops niger) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Black Skimmer ( Rynchops niger) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Black Skimmer ( Rynchops niger) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003):
Black Skimmer ( Rynchops niger) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005):
Black Skimmer ( Rynchops niger) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006):
Black Skimmer ( Rynchops niger) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007):
Black Skimmer ( Rynchops niger) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008):
Black Skimmer ( Rynchops niger) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009):
Black Skimmer ( Rynchops niger) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010):
Black Skimmer ( Rynchops niger) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011):
Black Skimmer ( Rynchops niger) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012):
Black Skimmer ( Rynchops niger) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012):
Black Skimmer ( Rynchops niger) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013):
Black Skimmer ( Rynchops niger) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014):
Black Skimmer ( Rynchops niger) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015):
Black Skimmer ( Rynchops niger) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016):
Black Skimmer ( Rynchops niger) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017):
Black Skimmer ( Rynchops niger) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018):
Black Skimmer ( Rynchops niger) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019):
Black Skimmer ( Rynchops niger) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020):
Black Skimmer ( Rynchops niger) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020):
Black Skimmer ( Rynchops niger) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021):
Black Skimmer ( Rynchops niger) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022):
Black Skimmer ( Rynchops niger) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023):
Black Skimmer ( Rynchops niger) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024):
Black Skimmer ( Rynchops niger) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Rynchops niger [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Rynchops niger [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Afrikaans: Amerikaanse Waterploeër
Azerbaijani: Amerika sukəsəni
Belarusian: Амерыканскі вадарэз
Bulgarian: Американски водорез, Черен водорез
Bengali: কামরা গাঙচলা
Bengali (transliteration): kālō gāṅacaṣā*
Catalan: Bec de tisora americà, Bec de tisora negre
Carib: Tayataya
Czech: Zoboun americký
Welsh: Sgimiwr du
Danish: Amerikansk Saksnæb
German: Amerikanischer Scherenschnabel, Amerikascherenschnabel, Schwarzmantel-Scherenschnabel
Greek: Αμεφρικαvικός ρύγχωπας
English: American Skimmer, Black Skimmer
English, HBW: Black Skimmer
English (IOC): Black Skimmer
English (United States): Black Skimmer
Esperanto: Amerika tondilbekulo, Nigra tondilbekulo
Spanish: Gaviota, Pico de Tijera, Picotijera Americano, Rayador, Rayador Americano, Rayador de Agua, Rayador Negro, Rayadora
Spanish (Argentine): Rayador
Spanish (Bolivia): Rayador
Spanish (Chile): Rayador
Spanish (Colombia): Picotijera, Picotijera Americano, Rayador americano
Spanish (Costa Rica): Rayador negro
Spanish (Cuba): Gaviota pico tijera, Pico de Tijera
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Gaviota, Pico de Tijera
Spanish (Ecuador): Rayador Negro (Americano)
Spanish (Spain): Rayador Americano
Spanish (HBW): Black Skimmer
Spanish (Honduras): Rayadora
Spanish (Mexico): Rayador Americano
Spanish (Nicaragua): Picotijera Americano
Spanish (Panama): Rayador Negro
Spanish (Peru): Rayador Negro
Spanish (Puerto Rico): Rayador Americano
Spanish (Paraguay): Rayador
Spanish (Uruguay): Rayador
Spanish (Venezuela): Pico de Tijera
Estonian: ameerika käärnokk
Finnish: Amerikansaksinokka
French: Bec-en-ciseaux noir
Guianese Creole French: Bèk-sizo
Frisian: Amerikaanske skimker
Irish: Sciméar Meiriceánach
Galician: Bico de tesoira americano
Guarani: Pa'â guasu, Pa'â-guasu
Manx: Skimmeyder Americaanagh
Haitian Creole French: Bèk sizo
Croatian: američki vodosijek, Američki vodosjek
Hungarian: karibi ollóscsőrű
Icelandic: Kolskari
Italian: Becco a cesoie americano, Becco a forbice americano
Japanese (romaji): kurohasamiajisashi
Japanese: クロハサミアジサシ
Kirghiz: кара суу жирегич
Scientific: Rhynchops niger, Rynchops fulva, Rynchops niger, Rynchops niger niger, Rynchops nigra
Lithuanian: Juodasis žirkliasnapis
Latvian: Amerikas smēlējzīriņš
Macedonian: Американски водосек
Dutch: Amerikaanse Schaarbek
Norwegian Nynorsk: Amerikasaksenebb
Norwegian: Amerikasaksenebb
Wayampi: Wayaya
Palikúr: Iwenti
Polish: brzytwodziób amerykanski, brzytwodziób amerykański
Portuguese: bico-rasteiro, corta-água, corta-mar, paaguaçu, Talha-mar, talha-mar-preto
Portuguese (Brazil): bico-rasteiro, corta-água, corta-mar, paaguaçu, Talha-mar, talha-mar-preto
Portuguese (Portugal): Talha-mar-americano
Rhaeto-Romance: Bec-forsch american
Romanian: Cioc-foarfecă american
Russian: Чёрный водорез
Northern Sami: Amerihkáskárrenjunni
Slovak: zobáľ čiernochrbtý
Slovenian: Ameriški škarjekljun
Serbian: Američki vodosek, Crni vodosek
Sranan: Fisman
Swedish: Amerikansk saxnäbb
Turkish: Amerika makasgagası, Kara makasgaga
Ukrainian: Водоріз американський
Uzbek: қора сузгир
Chinese: 黑剪嘴鸥
Chinese (Traditional): 黑剪嘴鷗

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