Haematopus ostralegus

 Vernacular names

English: Eurasian Oystercatcher · Brezhoneg: Morbig · Български: Стридояд · Català: Garsa de mar · Česky: Ústřičník velký · Cymraeg: Pioden y Môr · Dansk: Strandskade · Deutsch: Austernfischer · Eesti: Merisk · Español: Ostrero común · Esperanto: Hematopo · Føroyskt: Tjaldur · Français: Huîtrier pie · Frysk: Strânljip · Galego: Gabita · 한국어: 검은머리물떼새 · Íslenska: Tjaldur · Italiano: Beccaccia di mare · Latviešu: Jūras žagata · Lietuvių: Jūrinė šarka · Magyar: Csigaforgató · Nederlands: Scholekster · 日本語: ミヤコドリ · ‪Norsk (bokmål)‬: Tjeld · ‪Norsk (nynorsk)‬: Tjeld · Polski: Ostrygojad · Português: Ostraceiro-europeu · Русский: Кулик-сорока · Suomi: Meriharakka · Svenska: Strandskata · Türkçe: Bayağı poyraz kuşu · Zeêuws: Bonte piet · 中文: 蛎鹬]] · ‪中文(繁體)‬: 蠣鴴 ·

Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Classis: Aves • Parvclassis: Neognathae • Ordo: Charadriiformes • Familia: Haematopodidae • Genus: Haematopus • Species: Haematopus ostralegus Linnaeus, 1758

Wikispecies has an entry on:

Haematopus ostralegus

• ITIS link: Haematopus ostralegus Linnaeus, 1758

• IUCN link: Haematopus ostralegus Linnaeus, 1758 (Least Concern)

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  Mating

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  In flight

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  adult

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  juvenile Haematopus ostralegus

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  juvenile

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  Haematopus ostralegus group at high tide roost

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  Haematopus ostralegus pecking the water

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  range map
  yellow:sommer
  green:year-round
  blue:winter

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  Breeding oystercatcher

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  Eggs of an Haematopus ostralegus

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  A pair in Iceland

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  Oystercatcher at the norwegian bird-island Runde

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  Oystercatcher at Dithmarschen saltmarshes

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  Oystercatcher at Dithmarschen saltmarshes

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  Oystercatcher at Dithmarschen saltmarshes

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  Oystercatcher at Dithmarschen saltmarshes

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  Oystercatcher at Dithmarschen saltmarshes

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  Oystercathers on railway tracks

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  Oystercatchereggs, Faroe Islands

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  Young Oystercatcher, Suðuroy

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  Young Oystercatcher, Faroe Islands

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  Oystercatcher near Amsterdam

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  Haematopus ostralegus, Texel

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  Eggs of an Oystercatcher near North Cape

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  Mudflats of the Eider River, Germany

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Illustrations

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  Stamp from the Faroe Islands: Haematopus ostralegus (Common Pied Oystercatcher - Austernfischer - Strandskalden). On the Faroes known as Tjaldur, their National bird. They leave in September to Britain and return on 12 March, which is a National holiday then.

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  Haematopus ostralegus (drawing from 1905)

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  Haematopus ostralegus - eggs and fledgling (Faroese stamp from 2002)