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Rynchops niger Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Aves
order
Charadriiformes
family
Laridae
genus
Rynchops
species
Rynchops niger

Name

Synonyms
Rhynchops niger niger
Rynchops nigra Linnaeus, 1758
Homonyms
Rynchops niger Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Amerikaanse Schaarbek in Dutch
Amerikaanse Waterploeër in Afrikaans
Amerikanischer Scherenschnabel in German
Amerikanischer Scherenschnabel in German
Amerikansk Saksnæb in Danish
Amerikas smēlējzīriņš in Latvian
Amerikasaksenebb in Norwegian
Bec-en-ciseaux noir in French
Bec-en-ciseaux noir in French
Bec-en-ciseaux noir in French
Bec-en-ciseaux noir in French
Becco a forbice americano in Italian
Black Skimmer in English
Black Skimmer in English
Black Skimmer in English
Black Skimmer in English
Black Skimmer in English
Black Skimmer in English
Black Skimmer in English
Black Skimmer in English
Black skimmer in English
Rayador Negro (Americano) in Spanish
Rayador americano in Spanish
Rayador americano in Spanish
Rayador americano in Spanish
Rayador americano in Spanish
ameerika käärnokk in Estonian
amerikansaksinokka in Finnish
amerikansk saxnäbb in Swedish
bec de tisora americà in Catalan–Valencian
black skimmer in language.
black skimmer in English
brzytwodziób amerykański in Polish
juodasis žirkliasnapis in Lithuanian
karibi ollóscsőrű in Hungarian
talha-mar in Portuguese
talha-mar in Portuguese
talha-mar in Portuguese
zoboun americký in Czech
zobáľ čiernochrbtý in Slovak
Чёрный водорез in Russian
クロハサミアジサシ in Japanese
黑剪嘴鷗 in Chinese
黑剪嘴鸥 in Chinese
Amerikaanse schaarbek in Dutch
Black Skimmer in English
Black Skimmer in English
amerikasaksenebb in Norwegian Bokmål
Amerikaanse schaarbek in Dutch
Amerikanischer Scherenschnabel in German

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
  2. Dickinson, E. C., and J. V. Remsen Jr., eds., 2013: null. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 4th Edition, Vol. 1 Non-passerines. l + 461.
  3. Echeverry-Galvis, M.A., O. Acevedo-Charry, J. E. Avendaño, C. Gómez, F.G. Stiles, F.A. Estela & A.M. Cuervo. 2022. Lista oficial de las aves de Colombia 2022: Adiciones, cambios taxonómicos y actualizaciones de estado. Ornitología Colombiana 22: 25-51 https://doi.org/10.59517/oc.e548
  4. Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 1321–1342.
  5. Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright, 2006: null. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. ix + 259.
  6. ITIS.gov 2023 from the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) on-line database https://www.itis.gov
  7. Kary C. Emerson (1962) A new species of Mallophaga from the mink http://phthiraptera.info/node/40727
  8. Kary C. Emerson (1964) A new species of Mallophaga from Malaya http://phthiraptera.info/node/40728
  9. Kary C. Emerson (1964) Notes on some Mallophaga from Formosan mammals http://phthiraptera.info/node/40730
  10. Kary C. Emerson (1964) Two new species of Rallicola from Tasmania (Mallophaga: Philopteridae) http://phthiraptera.info/node/40729
  11. Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p.
  12. Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>
  13. Luck et al. 2012; Newbold et al 2012; Belmaker & Jetz 2013
  14. Peters, James Lee, 1934: null. Check-List of Birds of the World, vol. 2. xvii + 401.
  15. Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. <em>Fifth Edition.</em> Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
  16. Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
  17. Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 221: 532 p.
  18. Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. <em>Paragon Publishing.</em> 1-383.
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