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Common Name:
Black Skimmer

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Aves
Subclass:
Order: Charadriiformes
Suborder:
Infraorder:
Superfamily:
Family: Rynchopidae
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Species:
Rynchops niger

Checklist No:

Location:
Big Egg Marsh
Queens, NY
USA
GPS: 40.595853,-73.828833

Date: 11/1/03

Stage:
Sex:
Notes:

Image at BugGuide:

Rynchops niger Rynchopidae
Black Skimmer
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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