Skimmers
Order: Charadriiformes. Family: Rynchopidae
Skimmers are a small family of tropical tern-like birds. They have an elongated lower mandible which they use to feed by flying low over the water surface and skimming the water for small fish. There is 1 species which occurs in Chile.
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
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