Blackish Oystercatcher
Haematopus aterVieillot, LJP, 1825
English (US) Blackish Oystercatcher
The Blackish Oystercatcher (Haematopus ater) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Haematopodidae (Oystercatchers) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: northern Peru to Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Islands; winters to UruguayRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Haematopus ater
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Blackish Oystercatcher
- Described by
- Vieillot, LJP, 1825
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Vieillot, LJP, 1825
- Type locality
- No exact locality and description not diagnostic, but plate sufficient to fix identity; Straits of Magellan.
- Original description
- La Galerie des Oiseaux du Cabinet d'Histoire Naturelle du Jardin du Roi (etc.) 2 p.88 1 pl.230
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Oystercatchers
Magellanic Oystercatcher
Haematopus leucopodus
Black Oystercatcher
Haematopus bachmani
American Oystercatcher
Haematopus palliatus
Sooty Oystercatcher
Haematopus fuliginosus
African Oystercatcher
Haematopus moquini
Canary Islands Oystercatcher
Haematopus meadewaldoi
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegus
Pied Oystercatcher
Haematopus longirostris
Chatham Islands Oystercatcher
Haematopus chathamensis
Variable Oystercatcher
Haematopus unicolor
South Island Oystercatcher
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