Monday 3 November 2014

Black Skimmers

The black skimmer (Rynchops niger) is a tern-like seabird. It breeds in North and South America. Northern populations winter in the warmer waters of the Caribbean and the tropical and subtropical Pacific coasts, but the South American races make only shorter movements in response to annual floods which extend their feeding areas in the river shallows.



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(thanks Cora)

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