Rhynchops nigra

Translingual Etymology From mul la-new rhynchops Rhynchops from the Greek ῥύγχος and ὤψ, meaning beak-face + la nigra black, named by Linnaeus. Proper noun Rhynchops nigra la 1 f mul archaic species family Rynchopidae black skimmer, now known as Rynchops niger mul proscribed sometimes mistakenly applied to the Indian skimmer, now known as Rhynchops albicollis species. 1876, "Burmah" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 552: Aquatic birds of various kinds are very numerous, such as geese, darters (Flotus melanogaster), scissor-bills (Rhynchops nigra), adjutants (Leptoptilos argala species), pelicans, cormorants, cranes (Grus antigone species, in Burmese gyoja), whimbrels, plovers, and ibises. References black skimmer 1 Rynchops niger 1 Rynchops niger mul Taxonomic names (obsolete)