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African Skimmer stamps - English
URL: http://www.bird-stamps.org/species/63002.htm

Stamps showing African Skimmer (Rhynchops flavirostris).

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Black Skimmer stamps - English
URL: http://www.bird-stamps.org/species/63001.htm

Stamps showing Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger).

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Rynchopidae - English
URL: http://www.i-bird.com/Family/Rynchopidae.htm

Uncommon, common and abundant birds in US and Canada.

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Black Skimmers in flight over Gulf of Mexico beach Florida - English
URL: http://home1.gte.net/dgl1/skimmer.html

Black Skimmers (Rynchops nigra) -- Photo of Black Skimmers in flight over Gulf of Mexico Florida. "A special and much debated kind of cryptic coloration has been called obliterate shading, or countershading. Birds such as sand-pipers, plovers sparrows and others often have dark-colored backs and white underparts".

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Rynchops niger (Black Skimmer): Media - English
URL: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/rynchops/r._niger$media.html

Photos.

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Skimmer family - English
URL: http://www.montereybay.com/creagrus/skimmers.html

The skimmers are a small family of specialized shorebirds found widely in the North & South America, Africa, and in India. The three species are so closely related that some have considered them all one global species, a situation that recalls others closely-related groupings such as oystercatchers or the stilts.

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Rynchopidae - French
URL: http://listoiseauxmonde.multimania.com/Rynchopid.html

Nom scientifique. Nom CINFO. Nom scientifique CAF. Nom CAF. Autres noms.

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