Black Skimmer
Rynchops niger
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Laridae
- Genus
- Rynchops
- eBird Code
- blkski
Vocalizations
Linda Pardy · CC_BY_4_0
John D Reynolds · CC_BY_4_0
Subspecies (3)
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Rynchops niger cinerascens
breeds Orinoco and Amazon river systems to northern and western Colombia and western Ecuador; winters to coasts
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Rynchops niger intercedens
breeds large rivers of eastern Paraguay and eastern Brazil southward to southern Buenos Aires Province (north-central Argentina); winters to coasts
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Rynchops niger niger
breeds coastal USA from southern California to Nayarit (western Mexico) and Massachusetts to Florida and Yucatan (eastern Mexico); winters to Panama and northern Caribbean
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.