Haematopus longirostris
Pied oystercatcher
©Leo: Pied Oystercatcher striding along Wallagoot Beach, Australia
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Haematopodidae
Genus
Haematopus
Species
Haematopus longirostris
Status
least concern
Distinguishing features
Distinguishing features still need to be specified.
Size
- Size data has not been obtained.
Wingspan
- Wingspan data is not yet available.
Synonyms
Similar taxa
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Animalia:
Pied oystercatcher (species: Haematopus ostralegus)
is a Eurasian species not found in Australia. An early report by Domm (1977) of the species in the Lizard Island area is almost certainly a misidentification.
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Web resources
References
- Domm, S. (1977). Sea birds and waders of the Lizard Island area, The Sunbird, 8: 1-8. LIRS catalog number 4.
- Smith, G.C. (1987). The birds of Eagle Island, a tropical sand cay on the northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia, The Sunbird, 17(1): 1-11. LIRS catalog number 245.
- Smith, G.C. and R.C. Buckley (1986). Eagle Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Corella, 10(3): 81-83. LIRS catalog number 278.