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Black Skimmer

Rynchops niger

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 5,700, February 4,933, March 5,137, April 6,371, May 6,187, June 4,551, July 3,898, August 3,971, September 5,039, October 5,148, November 6,619, December 5,102.
United States585,245
California62,655
Georgia30,840
New York30,409
North Carolina23,825
Virginia23,545
Maryland14,877
Alabama10,612
Massachusetts4,990
Connecticut3,561

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderShorebirds and Allies · Charadriiformes
FamilyGulls, Terns, and Skimmers · Laridae
GenusSkimmers · Rynchops

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