Charadriiformes
Oystercatchers (Haematopodidae)
HBW 3, p. 308
- Medium-sized shorebirds, with black or black and white plumage, pinkish legs and a long, dagger-like orange-red bill.
- Cosmopolitan, but absent from polar regions and marginal in tropical parts of Africa and Asia.
- Mainly coastal, but also inland in Palearctic and New Zealand.
- 1 genus, 10 species, 16 taxa.
- 1 species threatened; 1 of these probably extinct since 1600.
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List of species:
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- 43 4 18 21 8 1 Magellanic Oystercatcher (Haematopus leucopodus)
- 50 4 22 24 8 2 Blackish Oystercatcher (Haematopus ater)
- 27 1 8 18 8 3 American Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani)
- 62 1 42 19 8 4 American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)
- 15 8 7 6 5 African Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus moquini)
- 96 3 34 59 8 6 Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
- 36 1 16 19 8 7 Australian Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris)
- 0 3 9 Chatham Oystercatcher (Haematopus chathamensis)
- 22 1 13 8 8 10 Variable Oystercatcher (Haematopus unicolor)
- 26 10 16 8 11 Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus)
Family statistics
1 genus, 10 species
| 377 files covering | |
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| 1 genus | (100%) |
| 9 species | (90%) |
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