Black skimmer (Rynchops niger)
| Species/Soort | Family/Familie | Order/Orde | Class/Klasse | Phylum/Stam | Kingdom/Rijk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black skimmer | Gulls, terns and skimmers | Shorebirds, gulls, and relatives | Birds | Chordate | Animals |
| Amerikaanse schaarbek | Meeuwen | Steltloperachtigen | Vogels | Gewervelden | Dieren |
| Rynchops niger | Laridae | Charadriiformes | Aves | Chordata | Animalia |
Port Aransas, Texas, USA
2015:10:25 16:36:20
NIKON D7100 with AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR II, 1/1600 sec at F5.0, ISO 250, distance 19.95 m
Fort Clinch State Park, Amelia City
2014:02:01 19:08:44
NIKON D7100 with AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR II, 1/800 sec at F6.3, ISO 250, distance 44.67 m
The American Schaarbill in a little more light.
Fort Clinch State Park, Amelia City
2014:02:01 18:27:43
NIKON D7100 with AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR II, 1/500 sec at F8.0, ISO 400, distance 44.67 m
The American Skimmerbill was one of the birds on my wish list. In Florida you regularly see groups sitting on the beach. I couldn't get really close, and it was very misty, but with some editing it still becomes presentable.
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Gulls, terns and skimmers
- Brown noddy
- Whiskered tern
- Black tern
- Black-headed gull
- Swallow-tailed gull
- Gull-billed tern
- Little gull
- Caspian tern
- Audouin's gull
- Mediterranean gull
- European herring gull
- California gull
- Mew gull
- Ring-billed gull
- Lesser black-backed gull
- Heermann's gull
- Great black-backed gull
- Yellow-legged gull
- Western gull
- Laughing gull
- Lava gull
- Franklin's gull
- Black-legged kittiwake
- Black skimmer
- Forster's tern
- Common tern
- Arctic tern
- Little tern
- Greater crested tern
- Royal tern
- Sandwich tern
- Grey-headed gull
- Slender-billed gull
- Lesser crested tern
- Sooty gull
- White-winged tern
- Caspian gull
Orders with photos
- Ostriches
- Rheas
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- Duck, geese, and relatives
- Loons
- Penguins
- Tube noses
- Grebes
- Flamingos
- Tropicbirds
- Herons and egrets
- Pelicans, cormorants, and relatives
- Fregatebirds, gannets and cormorants
- Birds of prey
- Hawks, eagles, falcons, etc.
- Bustards
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- Shorebirds, gulls, and relatives
- Sandgrouse
- Pigeons, and doves
- Parrots, macaws, parakeets, and lories
- Cuckoos
- Owls
- Goatsuckers, nighthawks, and allies
- Swifts and hummingbirds
- Trogons
- Kingfishers
- Motmots, hoopoes, bee-eaters, and todies
- Woodpeckers
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- Turacos
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- Perching bird
- Hawks
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- Kagus and sunbittern
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- Woodpeckers