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genus Rynchops was
introduced in 1758 by the
Swedish naturalist Carl
Linnaeus in the
tenth edition of his
Systema Naturae. The
genus name
Rynchops is from...
- 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...
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sandvicensis (A) LC
Elegant tern, Thal****eus
elegans (A) NT
Black skimmer,
Rynchops niger (A) LC Order: Phaethontiformes Family:
Phaethontidae Tropicbirds are...
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Sterna hirundo driving intruders away from the nest site
Black skimmer Rynchops niger nesting site near Cape
Lookout Point at
southern tip of Core
Banks American...
- squatarola) Black-crowned
night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Black skimmer (
Rynchops niger)
Brant (Branta
bernicla hrota)
Brown pelican (Pelec**** occidentalis)...
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Chlidonias niger Common tern,
Sterna hirundo Arctic tern,
Sterna paradisaea (H) (A) Forster's tern,
Sterna forsteri Black skimmer,
Rynchops niger (A) Order:...
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Sterna forsteri Royal tern, Thal****eus
maximus (A)
Black skimmer,
Rynchops niger Order: Gaviiformes Family:
Gaviidae Loons are
aquatic birds, the size...
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eurygnathus (A)
Elegant tern, Thal****eus
elegans (A)
Black skimmer,
Rynchops niger Order: Phaethontiformes Family:
Phaethontidae Tropicbirds are slender...
- (Larus smithsoni****) (A)
Brown noddy (Anous stolidus)
Black skimmer (
Rynchops niger)
Sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus)
Bridled tern (Onychoprion anaethetus)...
- (Steganopus tricolor) Order: Charadriiformes Family:
Laridae Black skimmer (
Rynchops niger) Grey-hooded gull (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus) (A) Franklin's gull...
