American Oystercatcher
Haematopus palliatusTemminck, CJ, 1820
English (US) American Oystercatcher
The American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) 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.
- Scientific name
- Haematopus palliatus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- American Oystercatcher
- Described by
- Temminck, CJ, 1820
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Haematopus palliatus palliatus
- Haematopus palliatus galapagensis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Hamatopus palliatus
- Described by
- Temminck, CJ, 1820
- Type locality
- South America, restricted to Venezuela by Brabourne and Chubb, Bds. South Am., 1912, p. 37.
- Original description
- Manuel d'ornithologie, ou tableau systématique des oiseaux qui se trouvent en Europe (etc.), seconde édition ed.2, pt.1 p.532
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Blackish Oystercatcher
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Haematopus fuliginosus
African Oystercatcher
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Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegus
Pied Oystercatcher
Haematopus longirostris
Chatham Islands Oystercatcher
Haematopus chathamensis
Variable Oystercatcher
Haematopus unicolor
South Island Oystercatcher
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