American Oystercatcher

Haematopus palliatus - Huîtrier d'Amérique

Systematics

Order
:
Charadriiformes
Family
:
Haematopodidés
Genus
:
Haematopus
Species
:
palliatus

Descriptor

Temminck, 1820

Biometrics

Size
: 44 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 400 à 700 g

Longevity

17 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) is a species of bird in the Haematopodidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

Haematopus palliatus palliatus (coastal se Canada, e USA to s South America and the West Indies)
Haematopus palliatus galapagensis (Galápagos Is.)

Foreign names

Huîtrier d'Amérique,
Ostrero pío americano,
pirupiru-americano,
Braunmantel-Austernfischer,
amerikai csigaforgató,
Amerikaanse Bonte Scholekster,
Beccaccia di mare americana,
amerikansk strandskata,
Amerikatjeld,
lastúrničiar hnedý,
ústřičník americký,
Amerikansk Strandskade,
amerikanmeriharakka,
garsa de mar americana,
Fölvatjaldur,
ostrygojad brunatny,
Amerikas jūras žagata,
Американский кулик-сорока,
アメリカミヤコドリ,
美洲斑蛎鹬,
美洲蠣鴴,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline, Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc, Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches, Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses), Tidepools

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

Illustration

Access to all images

Sources of information

All the Birds of North America, American Bird conservancy's Field Guide
A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America, Steve N. G. Howell, Sophie Webb
Vol. 4 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliott-Jordi Sargatal
ARKive, Christopher Parsons
Avibase, Lepage Denis
HBW Alive,
Wikipedia (English version),
IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.

Other sources of interest