Indian Skimmer

Rynchops albicollis - Bec-en-ciseaux à collier

Bec-en-ciseaux à collier
adult
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Charadriiformes

  • Family
    :

    Laridés

  • Genus
    :

    Rynchops

  • Species
    :

    albicollis

Descriptor

Swainson, 1838

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 43 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 102 à 114 cm.
  • Weight
    : -
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Bec-en-ciseaux à collier
adult
Bec-en-ciseaux à collier
adult

Indian Skimmer (Rynchops albicollis) is a species of bird in the Laridae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Bec-en-ciseaux à collier,
  • Rayador indio,
  • talha-mar-indiano,
  • Indienscherenschnabel,
  • indiai ollóscsőrű,
  • Indische Schaarbek,
  • Becco a forbice indiano,
  • indisk saxnäbb,
  • Indiasaksenebb,
  • zobáľ bielokrký,
  • zoboun asijský,
  • Indisk Saksnæb,
  • intiansaksinokka,
  • bec de tisora asiàtic,
  • brzytwodziób indyjski,
  • Indijas smēlējzīriņš,
  • Индийский водорез,
  • シロエリハサミアジサシ,
  • 剪嘴鸥,
  • นกกรีดน้ำ,
  • 剪嘴鷗,

Voice song and cries

Bec-en-ciseaux à collier
adult

Habitat

Bec-en-ciseaux à collier
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Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest

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