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Black skimmer (Rynchops niger), Merritt Island, Florida

Feeds by skimming the water surface with its specially adapted lower mandible and catching fish or crustaceans it makes contact with. Breeds along the southeastern coasts of the USA and in South America.

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Uploaded on January 28, 2017
Taken on March 19, 2013