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Eurasian Oystercatcher

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Eurasian Oystercatcher

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Also known as Haematopus ostralegus, Oystercatcher, Common Pied Oystercatcher, Palaearctic Oystercatcher, sea pie, seapie

species of bird

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The Eurasian Oystercatcher (*Haematopus ostralegus*) is a species of bird in the family Charadriidae, order Charadriiformes, and class Aves. Described by Linnaeus in 1758, it belongs to the genus *Haematopus* within the phylum Chordata. The species is accepted as a valid taxon and is not extinct. Its common names include Austernfischer, Tjaldur, and Ostrero euroasiático.

This marine-habitat bird has a wingspan of 0.82 and a mass of 518. It typically lays a litter size of 3.2, with an egg incubation period of 25. The taxon range includes the Nanling Mountains, Africa, and Burkina Faso. The IUCN Red List assessed the species as Near Threatened in 2019, a status also reflected in regional conservation data.

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Species

Near Threatened

Eurasian oyster catcher

Species

  1. PhylumChordata
  2. ClassAves
  3. OrderCharadriiformes
  4. FamilyCharadriidae
Habitatmarine
Observations43,299

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Haematopus
Mass
46.7
Image
Haematopus ostralegus0.jpg
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taxon rank
species
IUCN conservation status
Near Threatened
taxon name
Haematopus ostralegus
Commons category
Haematopus ostralegus
Commons gallery
Haematopus ostralegus
wingspan
0.82
litter size
3.2
egg incubation period
25
taxon range
Burkina Faso
taxon common name
ostraceiro-eurasiático
external data available at URL
www.gbif.org/dataset/2c04922c-82dd-4718-ab22-c9772408de9c
regional conservation status
Near Threatened
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Encyclopedic overview

The Eurasian oystercatcher or European oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus), also known as the common pied oystercatcher, or (in Europe) just oystercatcher, is a wader in the oystercatcher bird family Haematopodidae. It has striking black and white plumage, a long straight orange-red bill, red eyes and relatively short dull pink legs. The sexes are similar in appearance but the bill of the female is longer than that of the male.

It is the most widespread of the oystercatchers, with four subspecies breeding in western Europe, central Eurosiberia, Kamchatka, China, and the western coast of Korea. No other oystercatcher occurs within this area.

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