Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Afrikaans | Waterploeër |
Arabic | أبو مقص أفريقي |
Bulgarian | Африкански водорез |
Catalan | bec de tisora africà |
Czech | zoboun africký |
Danish | Afrikansk Saksnæb |
Dutch | Afrikaanse Schaarbek |
English | African Skimmer |
English (United States) | African Skimmer |
Finnish | afrikansaksinokka |
French | Bec-en-ciseaux d'Afrique |
French (France) | Bec-en-ciseaux d'Afrique |
German | Afrikascherenschnabel |
Greek | Αφρικανικός Ρύγχωπας |
Hebrew | גיזרן אפריקני |
Hungarian | Afrikai ollócsőrűmadár |
Icelandic | Bakkaskari |
Japanese | アフリカハサミアジサシ |
Lithuanian | Afrikinis žirkliasnapis |
Norwegian | afrikasaksenebb |
Polish | brzytwodziób afrykański |
Portuguese (Angola) | Talha-mar-africano |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Talha-mar-africano |
Romanian | Forfecar african |
Russian | Африканский водорез |
Serbian | Afrički vodosek |
Slovak | zobáľ podivný |
Slovenian | Afriški škarjekljun |
Spanish | Rayador Africano |
Spanish (Spain) | Rayador africano |
Swedish | afrikansk saxnäbb |
Turkish | Afrika Makasgagası |
Ukrainian | Водоріз африканський |
Rynchops flavirostris Vieillot, 1816
Definitions
- RYNCHOPS
- flavirostre / flavirostris
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African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris Scientific name definitions
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 24, 2017
Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
Authors
R.L. Zusi, Guy M. Kirwan, and Ernest Garcia
Recommended Citation
Zusi, R.L., G. M. Kirwan, and E. F. J. Garcia (2020). African Skimmer (Rynchops flavirostris), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.afrski1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- August 24, 2017
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
Authors
R.L. Zusi, Guy M. Kirwan, and Ernest Garcia
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan and Ernest Garcia
Recommended Citation
Zusi, R.L., G. M. Kirwan, and E. F. J. Garcia (2017). African Skimmer (Rynchops flavirostris). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.