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Oystercatchers
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Charadriiformes Family: Haematopodidae Genus: Haematopus
Species
H. bachmani H. palliatus H. ostralegus H. meadewaldoi H. moquini H. unicolor H. leucopodus H. fuliginosus H. chathamensis H. ater

The Oystercatchers are a group of waders in the family Haematopodidae . They are large obvious and noisy plover-like birds, with strong flattened bills used for smashing or prising open molluscs.

They are found on coasts worldwide apart from the polar regions. They are all-black, black and white or brown and white in appearance.

Their eggs are laid in a shallow scrape on shingle.

The species are

• Western Black Oystercatcher[?] H. bachmani

• American Pied Oystercatcher[?] H. palliatus
• Common Pied Oystercatcher[?] H. ostralegus
• Canarian Black Oystercatcher[?] H. meadewaldoi
• African Black Oystercatcher[?] H. moquini
• Variable Oystercatcher[?] H. unicolor
• Magellanic Oystercatcher[?] H. leucopodus
• Sooty Oystercatcher[?] H. fuliginosus
• Blackish Oystercatcher[?] H. ater
• Chatham Islands Oystercatcher[?] H. chathamensis

Elsewhere

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