Talk:Rynchops

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Black Skimmer[edit]

The Black Skimmer is not restricted to tropical America. It is seen, albeit not frequently, on the beaches around New York City and has been noted in summer 2005 on one of the waterways in Central Park in that City--70.19.101.128 21:35, 13 July 2005 (UTC).[reply]

Disambiguation[edit]

I'd like to see a disambiguation page here. For me skimmers are a type of dragonflies: see Libellulidae. I do not know what the conventions are here about disambiguation pages, so I'd like to see somebody else do it. Tbc2 17:18, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've set it up, jimfbleak 04:50, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Tbc2 12:08, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Name[edit]

Rhynchops niger??? -Rynchops niger

Should be, see below. —

Llywelyn II

07:04, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Snotty editors[edit]

Aside from the WP:TONE issue, while it may be true that Rynchops has become the more common name in the literature, it is the misspelling of the latinized form of Greek rhynchops (beakface). It's always worse to be snotty about minor points when you're completely wrong, especially given Linnaeus even fixed his original mistake, only to be ignored. — $Llywelyn II$ 07:04, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 20 November 2019[edit]

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Moved. (non-admin closure) Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:21, 28 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Skimmer → Rynchops
Skimmer (disambiguation) → Skimmer

– WP:NOPRIMARY topic for this word. _{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 17:34, 20 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Rynchops is a precise and unambigous title for the bird genus, and the bird genus is not the primary topic for skimmer. Plantdrew (talk) 16:14, 21 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.