WoRMS taxon details
Rynchops Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Rynchops albicollis Swainson, 1838
- Species Rynchops flavirostris Vieillot, 1816
- Species Rynchops niger Linnaeus, 1758
marine, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Description Size: large. Distinguishing characters: lower mandible much longer than upper, striated and less than 1 mm wide along most...
Description Size: large. Distinguishing characters: lower mandible much longer than upper, striated and less than 1 mm wide along most of its length; flexible toward tip; feed by skimming surface of water with lower mandible slicing through water surface. Pupil has catlike vertical slit in bright light. <389> [details]
WoRMS (2024). Rynchops Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206447 on 2024-11-21
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original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
[request]basis of record Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
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Description Size: large. Distinguishing characters: lower mandible much longer than upper, striated and less than 1 mm wide along most of its length; flexible toward tip; feed by skimming surface of water with lower mandible slicing through water surface. Pupil has catlike vertical slit in bright light. <389> [details]
