Species profile
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegus
Quick answer
Occasional Migrant. Rodrigues et al. (2010)
- Scientific name
- Haematopus ostralegus
- Family
- Haematopodidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Haematopus
- Conservation status
- Near Threatened
Recording Eurasian Oystercatcher in your journal
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Related species in Haematopodidae
- African Oystercatcher (Haematopus moquini)
- American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)
- black oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani)
- Blackish Oystercatcher (Haematopus ater)
- Canary Islands Oystercatcher (Haematopus meadewaldoi)
- Chatham Islands Oystercatcher (Haematopus chathamensis)
- Cherevychnavis umanskae (Cherevychnavis umanskae)
- Haematopus spec (Haematopus spec)