Eurasian Oystercatcher

Haematopus ostralegus - Huîtrier pie

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Charadriiformes

  • Family
    :

    Haematopodidés

  • Genus
    :

    Haematopus

  • Species
    :

    ostralegus

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 48 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 80 à 86 cm.
  • Weight
    : 400 à 820 g
Longevity

36 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Huîtrier pie
adult plum. post breeding
Huîtrier pie
adult plum. post breeding

Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) is a species of bird in the Haematopodidae family.

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

  • Haematopus ostralegus ostralegus (Iceland to Scandinavia and s Europe)
  • Haematopus ostralegus longipes (Ukraine and Turkey to c Russia and w Siberia)
  • Haematopus ostralegus buturlini (w Kazakhstan to nw China)
  • Haematopus ostralegus osculans (Kamchatka Pen., Korea, ne China)

Foreign names

  • Huîtrier pie,
  • Ostrero euroasiático,
  • ostraceiro-eurasiático,
  • Austernfischer,
  • csigaforgató,
  • Scholekster,
  • Beccaccia di mare,
  • strandskata,
  • Tjeld,
  • lastúrničiar strakatý,
  • ústřičník velký,
  • Strandskade,
  • meriharakka,
  • Bonttobie (Bontoestervanger),
  • garsa de mar,
  • Tjaldur,
  • ostrygojad (zwyczajny),
  • jūras žagata,
  • školjkarica,
  • Кулик-сорока,
  • ミヤコドリ,
  • 蛎鹬,
  • 蠣鴴〔歐亞蠣鴴〕,

Voice song and cries

Habitat

Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls) ; Marine Neritic : Estuaries ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline, Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc, Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches, Mud Flats and Salt Flats, Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses), Tidepools ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes, Coastal Freshwater Lakes ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Huîtrier pie
published: - Updated: 05-12-2004
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