Black Oystercatcher
Haematopus bachmaniAudubon, JJ, 1838
English (US) Black Oystercatcher
The Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani) 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: western Aleutians to central Baja California and Los Coronados IslandsRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Haematopus bachmani
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Black Oystercatcher
- Described by
- Audubon, JJ, 1838
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Haematopus Bachmani
- Described by
- Audubon, JJ, 1838
- Type locality
- Mouth of the Columbia River.
- Original description
- The Birds of America; from original drawings 4 pl.427 fig.1
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Oystercatchers
Magellanic Oystercatcher
Haematopus leucopodus
Blackish Oystercatcher
Haematopus ater
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
Haematopus finschi
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