Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

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

Your sightings

Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2 

Highlight taxa in a checklist (shown in red)
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Other related concepts

• Haematopus [palliatus x bachmani] (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Azerbaijani: qara sağsağanı alacüllüt
Belarusian: Чорны крывок
Breton: Morbig Bachman
Catalan: Garsa de mar negra nord-americana
Czech: Ústricník západní, ústřičník západní
Welsh: Pioden fôr ddu America
Danish: Amerikansk Sort Strandskade
German: Klippenausternfischer
English: American Black Oystercatcher, Black Oystercatcher, Black Oyster-catcher
English, HBW: Blackish Oystercatcher (North American)
English (IOC): Black Oystercatcher
English (United States): Black Oystercatcher
Esperanto: Amerika nigra hematopo
Spanish: Ostero Negro, Ostrero Negro, Ostrero Negro Americano, Ostrero Negro de Bachman, Ostrero Negro Norteamericano
Spanish (Spain): Ostrero negro norteamericano
Spanish (HBW): Black Oystercatcher
Spanish (Mexico): Ostero Negro, ostrero negro
Estonian: põhja-mustmerisk
Finnish: Alaskanmeriharakka
French: Huîtrier de Bachman
Frisian: Amerikaanske swarte strânljip
Irish: Roilleach dubh
Croatian: Američki crni oštrigar, Crni oštrigar
Hungarian: alaszkai csigaforgató
Icelandic: Sóttjaldur
Italian: Beccaccia di mare nera, Beccaccia di mare nera del Nordamerica, Beccaccia di mare nera nordamericana
Japanese (romaji): kuromiyakodori
Japanese: クロミヤコドリ
Kirghiz: кара сагызганчулдук
Scientific: Haematopus ater bachmani, Haematopus bachmani, Haematopus ostralegus bachmani, Scolopax nigra
Lithuanian: Juodoji amerikinė jūršarkė
Latvian: Aleutu jūras žagata
Dutch: Amerikaanse Zwarte Scholekster, Noordamerikaanse Zwarte Scholekster, Noord-Amerikaanse Zwarte Scholekster, Noord-Amerikaanse zwarte scholekster
Norwegian Nynorsk: Amerikasvarttjeld
Norwegian: Amerikasvarttjeld
Polish: ostrygojad czarny
Portuguese: Piru-piru-preto-norteamericano
Portuguese (Portugal): ostraceiro-preto-americano
Rhaeto-Romance: Austrel nair american
Romanian: Scoicar negru american
Russian: Кулик-сорока черный, Чёрный кулик-сорока
Northern Sami: Amerihkáčáhppescagán
Slovak: lastúrničiar čierny
Serbian: Američki crni ostrigar
Swedish: Klippstrandskata
Turkish: Kara poyrazkuşu
Ukrainian: Кулик-сорока чорний
Chinese: 北美蛎鹬
Chinese (Traditional): 黑蠣鴴