Rynchops

Skimmers
Black skimmer (R. niger) skimming
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Genus: Rynchops
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Rynchops niger (black skimmer)
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

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.[1]

  1. ^ "scissorbill, n.", Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.