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South Island Oystercatcher

Haematopus finschi Martens, GH 1897

The South Island oystercatcher or South Island pied oystercatcher is one of the two common oystercatchers found in New Zealand. Its name is often contracted to the acronym "SIPO". The indigenous Māori name is tōrea. The scientific name commemorates the German ethnographer, naturalist and colonial explorer Friedrich Hermann Otto Finsch. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Charadriiformes
Family:
  Haematopodidae
Genus:
   Haematopus
Scientific:
  Haematopus finschi


Original description

Citation:
  Martens, GH 1897

Reference:
   Orn. Monatsber. 5 p.190

Protonym:
  Haematopus finschi

Type locality:
  Salt Water Creek, South Island, New Zealand.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8749716


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  3FCE29E8D75F7AFB

Avibase ID:
  avibase-3FCE29E8

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/3FCE29E8


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 560350

Geographic range:

  • Haematopus finschi: highlands of South Island (New Zealand); winters to North Island
English:
South Island Oystercatcher
Czech:
ústřičník jižní
Danish:
Sydø-strandskade
German:
Südinsel-Austernfischer
Spanish:
Ostrero de Finsch
Spanish (Spain):
Ostrero de Finsch
Finnish:
uudenseelanninmeriharakka
French:
Huîtrier de Finsch
Hungarian:
maori csigaforgató
Italian:
Beccaccia di mare di South Island
Japanese (romaji):
minamimiyakodori
Japanese:
ミナミミヤコドリ
Lithuanian:
Pietinė jūršarkė
Dutch:
Finsch' Scholekster
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Nyzealandtjeld
Norwegian:
Nyzealandtjeld
Polish:
ostrygojad nowozelandzki
Portuguese:
ostraceiro-do-sul
Portuguese (Portugal):
ostraceiro-de-finsch
Russian:
Новозеландский кулик-сорока
Slovak:
lastúrničiar jazerný
Serbian:
Ostrigar sa Južnog ostrva Novog Zelanda
Swedish:
sydöstrandskata
Ukrainian:
кулик-сорока новозеландський
Chinese:
南岛斑蛎鹬
Chinese (Traditional):
南島蠣鴴


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds:
South Island Pied Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Huîtrier de Finsch ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Huîtrier de Finsch ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Haematopus longirostris finschi [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
South Island Pied Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
South Island Pied Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
South Island Pied Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
South Island Pied Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
South Island Pied Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
South Island Pied Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
South Island Pied Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
South Island Pied Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
South Island Pied Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Haematopus ostralegus finschi [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Haematopus ostralegus finschi [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Haematopus ostralegus finschi [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Haematopus ostralegus finschi [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Haematopus ostralegus finschi [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus finschi) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Haematopus finschi [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Haematopus finschi [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Haematopus [longirostris or finschi] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

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Azerbaijani: Yeni Zelandiya ala sağsağanı alacüllütü
Czech: ústřičník jižní
Danish: Indlandsstrandskade, Sydø-strandskade
German: South Inselausternfischer, Südinsel-Austernfischer
English: South Island Oystercatcher, South Island Pied Oystercatcher, South Island Pied Oysterctacher, Southern Pied Oystercatcher
English (Australia): South Island Pied Oystercatcher
English, HBW: Eurasian Oystercatcher (South Island)
English (IOC): South Island Oystercatcher
English (New Zealand): South Island Pied Oystercatcher (SIPO)
English (United States): South Island Oystercatcher
Spanish: Ostrero de Finsch
Spanish (Spain): Ostrero de Finsch
Spanish (HBW): South Island Oystercatcher
Estonian: põldmerisk
Finnish: uudenseelanninmeriharakka
French: Huîtrier de Finch, Huitrier de Finsch, Huîtrier de Finsch, Huîtrier de Nouvelle-Zélande
Hungarian: maori csigaforgató
Italian: Beccaccia di mare di South Island
Japanese (romaji): minamimiyakodori, miyakodori
Japanese: ミナミミヤコドリ, ミヤコドリ
Kirghiz: Жаны Зеландия ала сагызганчулдугу
Scientific: Haematopus finschi, Haematopus longirostris finschi, Haematopus ostralegus finschi
Lithuanian: Pietinė jūršarkė
Maori: Torea
Dutch: Finsch' Scholekster, Finsch' Zwarte Scholekster
Norwegian Nynorsk: Nyzealandtjeld
Norwegian: Nyzealandtjeld
Polish: ostrygojad nowozelandzki
Portuguese: ostraceiro-do-sul
Portuguese (Portugal): ostraceiro-de-finsch
Russian: Новозеландский кулик-сорока, Новозеландский пегий кулик-сорока
Slovak: lastúrničiar jazerný
Serbian: Ostrigar sa Južnog ostrva Novog Zelanda
Swedish: sydöstrandskata, Sydstrandskata
Turkish: Güney Adası poyrazkuşu
Ukrainian: кулик-сорока новозеландський
Chinese: 南岛斑蛎鹬
Chinese (Traditional): 南島蠣鴴

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