Species profile
black oystercatcher
Haematopus bachmani
Quick answer
W Aleutians to central Baja Calif. and Los Coronados Islands
- Scientific name
- Haematopus bachmani
- Family
- Haematopodidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Haematopus
Recording black oystercatcher in your journal
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Related species in Haematopodidae
- African Oystercatcher (Haematopus moquini)
- American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)
- Blackish Oystercatcher (Haematopus ater)
- Canary Islands Oystercatcher (Haematopus meadewaldoi)
- Chatham Islands Oystercatcher (Haematopus chathamensis)
- Cherevychnavis umanskae (Cherevychnavis umanskae)
- Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
- Haematopus spec (Haematopus spec)