---
title: "Brzytwodziób afrykański"
description: "Rynchops flavirostris — Ptaki. The African skimmer (Rynchops flavirostris) is a species of bird belonging to the skimmer genus Rynchops in the family Laridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/african-skimmer
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Brzytwodziób afrykański

> Rynchops flavirostris — Ptaki. The African skimmer (Rynchops flavirostris) is a species of bird belonging to the skimmer genus Rynchops in the family Laridae.

- Scientific name: *Rynchops flavirostris*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 852
- Wikidata: [Q18766](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18766)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4499](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4499)

## Names

- en: African Skimmer
- de: Braunmantel-Scherenschnabel
- es: Rayador Africano
- fr: Bec-en-ciseaux d'Afrique
- nl: Afrikaanse schaarbek
- pt: Bico-de-tesoura-africano
- pl: Brzytwodziób afrykański

## Countries with the most observations

BW (242), UG (135), NA (92), ZA (86), ZM (83), ZW (39), GA (36), MW (27), TZ (26), KE (16), MZ (14), BI (9)

## Summary

The African skimmer (Rynchops flavirostris) is a species of bird belonging to the skimmer genus Rynchops in the family Laridae. It is found along rivers, lakes and lagoons in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_skimmer

## Photo

![Brzytwodziób afrykański](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/african-skimmer/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ben Keen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193008342

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/african-skimmer?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).