Birds of the World

    CHARADRIIFORMES: Haematopodidae (Oystercatchers)  
Genus: Haematopus (11 species)


Blackish Oystercatcher
Blackish Oystercatcher (Haematopus ater)
Range: SA: coastal n Peru and se Argentina to Cape Horn and Falkland Is.
Paracas National Park, Peru  
   
Photograph by Sue Bishop   Copyrighted, all rights reserved.


Black Oystercatcher
Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani)
Range: NA, MA: coastal e North Pacific from w Aleutian Is. to wc Baja California (nw Mexico)
Vancouver, Canada  
   
Photograph by Nigel from Vancouver     Copyright and usage info


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Chatham Oystercatcher (Haematopus chathamensis) Endangered
Range: AU: Chatham Is. (e of South I., New Zealand)
 




South Island Oystercatcher
South Island Oystercatcher (Haematopus finschi)
Range: AU: inland South I. (New Zealand)
Point Chevalier, New Zealand  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info

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Sooty Oystercatcher
Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus fuliginosus)
Range: AU: coastal Australia and Tasmania
Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info


Magellanic Oystercatcher
Magellanic Oystercatcher (Haematopus leucopodus)
Range: SA: coastal and inland sc Chile and sc Argentina to Cape Horn and Falkland Is.
Patagonia, Chile  
   
Photograph by Brendan Ryan     Copyright and usage info


Pied Oystercatcher
Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris)
Range: AU: coastal far e Lesser Sundas, Tanimbar and Kai Is. (se Moluccas), coastal Australia and Tasmania
Tasmania, Australia  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info


African Oystercatcher
African Oystercatcher (Haematopus moquini)
Range: AF: coastal n Namibia to Kwa-Zulu Natal (s Africa)
Plettenberg Bay, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Graham Searll   © All Rights Reserved.


Eurasian Oystercatcher
Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) Near Threatened
Range: PAL: nw, sw, c Palearctic; far ne Palearctic
 
 
Photograph by Andreas Trepte     Copyright and usage info


American Oystercatcher
American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)
Range: NA, MA, SA: widespread coastal w Mexico to sc Chile; coastal ne USA to n Gulf of Mexico, Yucatan Pen.; Caribbean (local) to s Argentina
Paracas, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Variable Oystercatcher
Variable Oystercatcher (Haematopus unicolor)
Range: AU: coastal North, South and Stewart is. (New Zealand)
Point Chevalier, Auckland, New Zealand  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info



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