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Haematopus
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thumb|American oystercatchers with chick thumb|right|Juvenile
OverviewAI-generated
Haematopus is a genus of birds in the family Haematopodidae, within the order Charadriiformes. It belongs to the class Aves, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The genus was described by Linnaeus in 1758 and is commonly known as oystercatchers. Its taxonomic status is accepted, and it has been documented in the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
Records for this taxon are held by institutions including USNM, NHMUK, CUMV, CLO, and ANWC. Specimens have been recorded in the United States, France, Spain, Mexico, and South Africa. The habitat is described as marine.
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Species
oystercatchers
Haematopus
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCharadriiformes
- FamilyHaematopodidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 39
- With media
- 7
- Family
- Haematopodidae
- Collections
- USNM, NHMUK, CUMV, CLO, ANWC, FMNH
- Recorded in
- United States, France, Spain, Mexico, South Africa, Argentina, Argentine, Australia
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Description
- Feeding
- Breeding
- Conservation
- Species
- References
- External links
thumb|American oystercatchers with chick thumb|right|Juvenile
The oystercatchers are a group of waders forming the family Haematopodidae, which has a single genus, Haematopus. They are found on coasts worldwide apart from the polar regions and some tropical regions of Africa and South East Asia. The exceptions to this are the Eurasian oystercatcher, the South Island oystercatcher, and the Magellanic oystercatcher, which also breed inland, far inland in some cases. In the past there has been a great deal of confusion as to the species limits, with discrete populations of all black oystercatchers being afforded specific status but pied oystercatchers being considered one single species.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Haematopus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.