Oystercatcher Totally Explained

Everything about Oystercatcher totally explained

ť "Oystercatchers" is also a novel by Susan Fletcher.

The oystercatchers are a group of waders; they form the family Haematopodidae, which has a single genus, Haematopus. They are large obvious and noisy plover-like birds, with strong bills used for smashing or prying open molluscs.
In some species, the bill shape varies according to the diet. Those birds with blade-like bill tips pry open or smash mollusc shells, and those with pointed bill tips tend to probe for annelid worms.
They are found on coasts worldwide apart from the polar regions. They are all-black, black and white or brown and white in appearance.

Species in taxonomic order

Magellanic Oystercatcher, H. leucopodus
Blackish Oystercatcher, H. ater
American Black Oystercatcher, H. bachmani
American Oystercatcher, H. palliatus
Canarian Black Oystercatcher, H. meadewaldoi †
African Black Oystercatcher, H. moquini
Eurasian Oystercatcher, H. ostralegus
Pied Oystercatcher, H. longirostris
South Island Pied Oystercatcher, H. finschi
Chatham Island Oystercatcher, H. chathamensis
Variable Oystercatcher, H. unicolor
Sooty Oystercatcher, H. fuliginosus Image:Haematopus ostralegus0.jpg|Eurasian Oystercatcher Image:Black Oystercatcher.jpg|American Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani) Image:Haemotopus-palliatus.web.jpg|American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)
Image from 'Birds of America" J.J. Audubon Image:Oystercatcher1.jpg|Oystercatchers chasing crabs, Galapagos Image:Oystercatcher2.jpg|Oystercatchers nesting, Galapagos Image:Oystercatcher3.jpg|Oystercatchers swapping places on nest, Galapagos Image:Black oystercatcher monterey.jpg|Black Oystercatcher at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Image:Pied Oystercatcher.jpg|Australian Pied Oystercatcher Image:Sooty Oystercatcher.jpg|Australian Sooty Oystercatcher Image:Variable Oystercatcher.jpg|New Zealand Variable Oystercatcher Image:Southafrica014oystercatcher.jpg|African Black Oystercatcher

Further Information

Get more info on 'Oystercatcher'.

External Link Exchanges

Do you know how hard it is to get a link from a large encyclopaedia? Well we're different and will prove it. To get a link from us just add the following HTML to your site on a relevant page:

<a href="http://oystercatcher.totallyexplained.com">Oystercatcher Totally Explained</a>

Then simply click through this link from your web page. Our crawlers will verify your link, extract the title of your web page and instantly add a link back to it. If you like you can remove the words Totally Explained and embed the link in article text.
As long as your link remains in place, we'll keep our link to you right here. Please play fair - our crawlers are watching. Your site must be closely related to this one's topic. Any kind of spamming, dubious practises or removing the link will result in your link from us being dropped and, potentially, your whole site being banned.