Rynchops: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Laridae
- Genus
- Rynchops
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Rynchops
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Rynchops
The skimmers, forming the genus Rynchops, are tern-like birds in the family Laridae. The genus comprises three species found in South Asia, Africa, and the Americas. They were formerly known as the scissorbills.
...Rynchops in languages:
- Bokmål
- Saksenebber
- Czech
- zoboun
- English
- Skimmers
- German
- Scherenschnäbel
- Japanese
- ハサミアジサシ属
- Portuguese
- Talha-Mares
- Russian
- Водорезы
- Russian
- Ножеклювы
- Thai
- สกุล นกกรีดน้ำ
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