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

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

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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