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Search Results for: family_of_Rynchopidae

Charadriiformes

Information about Charadriiformes

Rynchops flavirostris (African Skimmer)




Length: 0 mm
Dutch: Afrikaanse Schaarbek

Rynchops niger (Black Skimmer)




Length: 102 mm
Dutch: Amerikaanse Schaarbek

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Skull sizes:

  • 0-25 mm (596)
  • 25-50 mm (325)
  • 50-75 mm (268)
  • 75-100 mm (182)
  • 100-150 mm (152)
  • 150-200 mm (55)
  • > 200 mm (35)

Skull types:

  • General (large / medium) (1,007)
  • Seed eaters (149)
  • Hooked bills (short) (135)
  • Duck bills (80)
  • Slender bills (medium) (55)
  • Spear or dagger shaped (46)
  • General (small) (42)
  • Higly adaptive (35)
  • Slender bills (long) (19)
  • Hooked bills (long) (13)

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Disclaimer

No bird has been killed to get its skull or skeleton for this collection. All wild birds died of natural causes or accidental, and in a few cases due to legal hunting by others, or died in captivity. The Experimental Zoology Group of Wageningen University has been authorized by the Dutch authorities to own protected European birds after their death. The permit nr is: FEF 27/06/2/98/0051. The Wageningen University also has a CITES exemption, nr NL004.
Who wants to keep (part of) a found bird should inform oneself about the local laws on bird protection.

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