Variable Oystercatcher
Haematopus unicolorForster, JR, 1844
English (US) Variable Oystercatcher
The Variable Oystercatcher (Haematopus unicolor) 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: coastal North, South, and Stewart islands and satellites (New Zealand)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Haematopus unicolor
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Variable Oystercatcher
- Described by
- Forster, JR, 1844
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Forster, JR, 1844
- Type locality
- New Holland = New Zealand.
- Original description
- Descriptiones animalium quae in itinere ad maris australis terras per annos 1772, 1773 et 1774 suscepto, collegit, observavit et delineavit (etc.) p.112
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
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
South Island Oystercatcher
Haematopus finschi
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