Canary Islands Oystercatcher
Haematopus meadewaldoiBannerman, DA, 1913
English (US) Canary Islands Oystercatcher
The Canary Islands Oystercatcher (Haematopus meadewaldoi) 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: formerly coasts of eastern Canary Islands; extinct, last reported 1950Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Haematopus meadewaldoi
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- Canary Islands Oystercatcher
- Described by
- Bannerman, DA, 1913
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Haematopus niger meade-waldoi
- Described by
- Bannerman, DA, 1913
- Type locality
- Jandia, Fuerteventura, eastern Canary Islands.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 31 p.33
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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