Oystercatchers (Haematopodidae)
Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) - HBW 3, p. 323
French: Huîtrier pie
German: Austernfischer
Spanish: Ostrero Euroasiático
Other common names: Common/European/Northern Pied Oystercatcher, Sea Pie; South Island (Pied) Oystercatcher (finschi)
Taxonomy: Haematopus Ostralegus Linnaeus, 1758, Öland Island, Sweden.
At various times has been considered to include any or all of H. palliatus, H. longirostris, H. chathamensis, H. unicolor, H. bachmani, H. moquini and H. meadewaldoi. Taxonomic status of race finschi uncertain, and may be distinct species: frequently referred to H. longirostris, or occasionally to H. unicolor or even linked with H. chathamensis. Race osculans may also deserve treatment as separate species. Proposed races malacophaga of Iceland and Faeroes, occidentalis of British Is and butur.. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Haematopus Ostralegus Linnaeus, 1758, Öland Island, Sweden.
At various times has been considered to include any or all of H. palliatus, H. longirostris, H. chathamensis, H. unicolor, H. bachmani, H. moquini and H. meadewaldoi. Taxonomic status of race finschi uncertain, and may be distinct species: frequently referred to H. longirostris, or occasionally to H. unicolor or even linked with H. chathamensis. Race osculans may also deserve treatment as separate species. Proposed races malacophaga of Iceland and Faeroes, occidentalis of British Is and buturlini of Turkmeniya and S Kazakhstan are probably insufficiently distinct to warrant recognition. Four subspecies normally recognized.
At various times has been considered to include any or all of H. palliatus, H. longirostris, H. chathamensis, H. unicolor, H. bachmani, H. moquini and H. meadewaldoi. Taxonomic status of race finschi uncertain, and may be distinct species: frequently referred to H. longirostris, or occasionally to H. unicolor or even linked with H. chathamensis. Race osculans may also deserve treatment as separate species. Proposed races malacophaga of Iceland and Faeroes, occidentalis of British Is and buturlini of Turkmeniya and S Kazakhstan are probably insufficiently distinct to warrant recognition. Four subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- ostralegus Linnaeus, 1758 - Iceland and Scandinavia E to R Pechora, S through British Is to NW France, with isolated populations in Mediterranean from NE Spain and S France to Turkey; winters S to W Africa.
- longipes Buturlin, 1910 - W & NC Russia (mouth of R Ob') S to Black, Caspian and Aral Seas and L Balkhash, and E to W Siberia; winters on coast from E Africa through Arabia to India.
- osculans Swinhoe, 1871 - Kamchatka and W North Korea, and also suspected to breed from Amurland and Ussuriland through Manchuria to Hebei (NE China), and possibly in Kuril Is; winters in E China S to Guangdong.
- finschi Martens, 1897 - South I, New Zealand; winters on coasts of South I and North I.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on a beach, eating a bivalve. Locality Kaka Point, South Island, New Zealand (ssp finschi)
Josep del Hoyo 27 January 2013 10 weeks ago 34 sec 4.7 -
The chicks feeding Locality Illa de Buda, Ebro Delta, Tarragona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp ostralegus)
Pedro Rubio 1994 10 years ago 17 sec 4.6 -
Chicks walking Locality Illa de Buda, Ebro Delta, Tarragona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp ostralegus)
Pedro Rubio 1994 10 years ago 12 sec 4.5 -
slightly deformed-billed bird walking along seaweed covered rocks Locality Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand (ssp finschi)
Philip Griffin 25 January 2011 1 year ago 33 sec 4.4 -
Bird feeding by probing soil by lake Locality Slimbridge Wildlife & Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England, Great Britain (ssp ostralegus)
Desmond Allen 4 May 2013 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 1 min 4.3 -
Many birds resting and preening Locality Zeeland Province, Netherlands (ssp ostralegus)
Christian Dortu 31 October 2003 7 years ago 25 sec 4.3
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A chick
Locality Snaefellsnes Peninsula, Vesturland (West) Region, Iceland
Marco Valentini 5 June 2012 46 weeks ago 4.7 -
Ad with juvenile
Locality Helgoland, Germany
Paul Cools 6 June 2009 29 weeks ago 4.5 -
South Island Pied Oystercatcher (SIPO), a native bird of New Zealand. It breeds on river beds and farmland mainly in the South I
Locality Awarua Bay Wildlife Refuge, Bluff, South Island, New Zealand (ssp finschi)
Glenda Rees 1 July 2011 50 weeks ago 4.4 -
incubating (scanned slide)
Locality Petit Camargue, Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Georges Olioso 8 May 1976 5 weeks ago 4 -
Group
Locality Zeeland Province, Netherlands
Marc FASOL 25 December 2011 23 weeks ago 4 -
South Island Pied Oystercatcher (SIPO), a native bird of New Zealand. It breeds on river beds and farmland mainly in the South
Locality Gore, South Island, New Zealand (ssp finschi)
Glenda Rees 23 October 2011 1 year ago 4
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A bird calling on flight. Locality Båtsfjord, Finnmark County, Norway
(ssp ostralegus)
Josep del Hoyo 3 April 2010 2 years ago 4 -
Calls of a bird flying past. Locality Burnham-Overy-Staithe, Norfolk, England, Great Britain
(ssp ostralegus)
Stuart Fisher 17 February 2009 3 years ago 4 -
A bird calling twice. Locality Kaka Point, South Island, New Zealand
(ssp finschi)
Josep del Hoyo 27 January 2013 10 weeks ago 3 -
An adult bird calling on a beach. Locality Waikuku Beach, South Island, New Zealand
(ssp finschi)
Nick Talbot 21 August 2011 1 year ago 3 -
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Displaying calls, background Common Eider males displaying Locality Gressholmen Island, Oslo Fjord, Oslo & Akershus, Norway
(ssp ostralegus)
Eric Roualet 15 April 2010 11 weeks ago 0
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