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Rynchops flavirostris Vieillot, 1816 
AphiaID: 212828

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Charadriiformes (Order) > Rynchopidae (Family) > Rynchops (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Rynchops Linnaeus, 1758
Source  basis of record: Urban, E.K., C.H. Fry & S. Keith (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London. [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Dutch Afrikaanse schaarbek  [details]
English African skimmer  [details]
French bec-en-ciseaux d'Afrique  [details]
German Afrikanischer Scherenschnabel  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Africa [details]
Kenya [details]
Mozambique [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
Notes  Description: Length: 36-40 cm. Plumage: whole of back and wings black; forehead and trailing edge of secondaries in spread wing white; below white; some white speckling on nape and forecrown in non-breeding bird, demarcation between white forehead and black crown clearcut in breeding bird; tail whitish. Immature much duller with buff edges to feathers of head and upperparts. Bare parts: iris brown; bill with shorter upper mandible vermilion, much longer lower mandible orange merging to yellow at tip; feet and legs vermilion. Habitat: coastal lagoons and estuaries. Endemic resident and intra-African migrant. <389><391><393> [details]

Habitat: coastal regions (and inland) [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212828
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1998-09-02 12:38:17Z  created  Depew, Lorna
2011-04-08 06:18:06Z  checked  Adriaens, Peter
2011-04-27 09:01:37Z  changed  Adriaens, Peter
  
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  Citation: Adriaens, P. (2013). Rynchops flavirostris Vieillot, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212828 on 2013-05-25
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