Gulls, Terns, Skimmers
Black Skimmer
Rynchops niger
The Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) is a 298 g river bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. Some populations migrate.
- Family
- Gulls, Terns, Skimmers
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Weight
- 298 g
- Habitat
- Riverine
- Diet
- Vertebrates, fish and carrion
- Migration
- Partial migrant
- Countries recorded
- 30
Recorded in United States, Chile, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago, Paraguay, Guatemala, Panama, AW, Cuba, El Salvador, Guyana, Ecuador, Bolivia, Suriname, Nicaragua, GF, Canada, Honduras, Curaçao, Bahamas, Belize, Namibia, Puerto Rico.
Where to see it: Pointe des Roches / Plages des Roches (French Guiana); SN Humedal Río Maipo · Desembocadura (Chile); Refugio de Vida Silvestre Los Pantanos de Villa · Laguna Costera y Playa Marvilla (Peru); Río Lluta · Desembocadura (Chile); Reserva Natural Playa Penino (Uruguay).
