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Species
Least ConcernMagellanic oystercatcher
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCharadriiformes
- FamilyCharadriidae
Habitatmarine
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Haematopus
- Image
- Magellanic Oystercatcher.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Haematopus leucopodus
- Commons category
- Haematopus leucopodus
- taxon common name
- pirupiru-magalhânico
- litter size
- 2
- short name
- H. leucopodus
- taxon range
- South America
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Encyclopedic overview
The Magellanic oystercatcher (Haematopus leucopodus) is a species of wader in the family Haematopodidae. It is found in Argentina, Chile and the Falkland Islands in freshwater lake and sandy shore habitats.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Magellanic Oystercatcher” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.