Black Skimmer Identification - All About Birds
A long-winged bird with stark black-and-white plumage, the Black Skimmer has a unique grace as it forages in flight. Skimmers feed by opening the bill and dropping the long, narrow lower mandible into the water, skimming along until they feel a fish.
Black Skimmer | Audubon Field Guide
Strictly coastal in most areas of North America, Black Skimmers are often seen resting on sandbars and beaches. Unlike most birds, their eyes have vertical pupils, narrowed to slits to cut the glare of water and white sand.
Black skimmer - Wikipedia
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. It breeds in North and South America.
Black Skimmer Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of …
A long-winged bird with stark black-and-white plumage, the Black Skimmer has a unique grace as it forages in flight. Skimmers feed by opening the bill and dropping the long, narrow lower mandible into the water, skimming along until they feel a fish.
Rynchops - Wikipedia
The skimmers, forming the genus Rynchops, are tern-like birds in the family Laridae. The genus comprises three species found in South Asia, Africa, and the Americas. They were formerly known as the scissorbills. [1]
Black Skimmer Life History - All About Birds
A long-winged bird with stark black-and-white plumage, the Black Skimmer has a unique grace as it forages in flight. Skimmers feed by opening the bill and dropping the long, narrow lower mandible into the water, skimming along until they feel a fish.
The Black Skimmer | Audubon
Jul 31, 2015 · Black Skimmers, a.k.a. Rynchops niger, which skim along North America’s southern coasts and throughout eastern South America, are striking birds—jet black on the back and snow white below, with long wings that help them flap and glide smoothly over the water.
Black Skimmer - American Bird Conservancy
The Black Skimmer's most striking feature is its gaudy red-and-black, laterally compressed bill, which has a lower mandible that juts out farther than does the upper. Indeed, this bird's genus name Rynchops derives from the Ancient Greek for "bill" and "face."
Black Skimmer - eBird
Unusual tern-like bird with oversized bill—lower mandible is much longer than upper mandible. Feeds by flying close to surface of water and dipping its lower mandible into the water "skimming" for small fish.
Black Skimmer - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bio
The black skimmer (Rynchops niger ) 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.