Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Haematopus ostralegus

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Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2 

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Bonttobie, Bonttobie (Westelike)
Arabic: آكل المحار, محاري اوراسي (غربي)
Asturian: Levantallámpares
Azerbaijani: Sağ-sağan cüllüt, Sağsağani cüllüt (ostralegus/longipes yarımnövü)
Belarusian: Крывок
Bulgarian: Стридояд, Стридояд (ssp. ostralegus/longipes)
Bengali: ইউরেশীয় ঝিনুকমার
Breton: Ar big-vor
Catalan: Garsa de mar
Catalan (Balears): Garsa de mar.
Valencian: Alena
Czech: Ústricník velký, ústřičník velký, ústřičník velký (ssp. ostralegus/longipes), ústřičník velký evropský/středoasijský
Welsh: Pioden y môr
Danish: Strandskade, Strandskade, Vestlig (ssp. ostralegus/longipes)
German: Austernfischer, Austernfischer (ostralegus/longipes)
Greek: (Ευρωπαϊκός) Στρειδοφάγος, Στρειδοφάγος, Στρειδοφάγος (ostralegus/longipes)
Greek (Cypriot): Στρειδοφάγος
English: Eurasian Oystercatcher, Eurasian oyster-catcher, Eurasian Oystercatcher (nominate group), Eurasian Oystercatcher (Western), Eurasian Oystercatcher [nominate group], Eurasian Oystercatcher [nominate], Eurasian Oystercatcher [ostralegus], European Oystercatcher, Oystercatcher, Oyster-catcher, Palaearctic oyster-catcher
English, HBW: Eurasian Oystercatcher (Western)
English (IOC): Eurasian Oystercatcher (Western)
English (United States): Eurasian Oystercatcher (Western)
Esperanto: hematopo
Spanish: Ostrero Común, Ostrero Euroasiático, Ostrero Euroasiático (grupo ostralegus)
Spanish (Spain): Ostrero euroasiático (grupo ostralegus), Ostrero Euroasiático [Grupo ostralegus]
Estonian: Merisk
Basque: Itsas mika
Persian: صدف‌ خوار (ostralegus/longipes)
Finnish: meriharakka, meriharakka (ostralegus/longipes)
Faroese: Gestur, Tjaldur (ostralegus/longipes)
French: Huîtrier pie, Huîtrier pie (Occident), Huîtrier pie [ostralegus ou longipes], Huîtrier pie [ostralegus]
Frisian: Strânljip
Irish: Roilleach
Gaelic: Gille-Brìghde
Galician: Gabita
Manx: Garee Breck
Hebrew: שלצדף, שלצדף החוף (אירואסייתי)
Croatian: Oštrigar
Hungarian: Csigaforgató
Armenian: Կտցար Կաչաղակ, Կտցար կաչաղակ (Արևմտյան)
Icelandic: Tjaldur, Tjaldur (ostralegus/longipes)
Italian: Beccaccia di mare (ostralegus/longipes), Beccaccia di mare paleartica
Japanese (romaji): Miya kodori, miyakodori, miyako-dori, miyakodori (ostralegus/longipes), miyako-shigi
Japanese: ミヤコシギ, ミヤコドリ, ミヤコドリ (ostralegus/longipes), ミヤコドリ（ostralegus／longipes）
Japanese (Kanji): 都鳥, 都鴫, 都鷸
Georgian: ზღვის კაჭკაჭი, სირკაჭკაჭი, სირკაჭკჭი
Kazakh: Сауысқан балшықшы
Korean: 검은머리물떼새
Korean (Transliteration): geomeun-meori-mul-tte-sae
Cornish: Morbyasen
Scientific: Haematopus osculans, Haematopus ostralegus, Haematopus ostralegus [ostralegus], Haematopus ostralegus osculans, Haematopus ostralegus ostralegus, Haematopus ostralegus ostralegus/longipes
Luxembourgish: Mierkréi
Lithuanian: Jūrinė šarka, Juršarke, Jūršarkė (ostralegus/longipes)
Latvian: Jūras žagata
Maori: Torea
Macedonian: Властелица остригер
Malay: Burung Kedidi Tiram, Burung Tetiram
Maltese: Gallina tal-Baħar
Dutch: Scholekster
Norwegian: Tjeld, tjeld (ostralegus/longipes)
Polish: ostrygojad, ostrygojad (ostralegus/longipes), ostrygojad zwyczajny
Pinyin: lì-héng, lì-yù
Portuguese: Ostraceiro
Portuguese (Portugal): ostraceiro-eurasiático (ostralegus/longipes)
Romansh: Austrel
Romanian: Scoicar
Russian: Кулик-сорока, Кулик-сорока (ostralegus/longipes)
Scots: Gille brighde
Northern Sami: Cagán
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Eurasia Bolugulla
Slovak: Lasturničiar strakatý, lastúrničiar strakatý (skup.)
Slovenian: školjkarica, Školjkarica (ostralegus/longipes)
Albanian: Laraska e detit
Serbian: Ostrigar (ostralegus/longipes), šareni oštrigar
Swedish: Strandskata, strandskata (ostralegus/longipes)
Swahili: Kizamichaza
Thai: นกกินหอยนางรม, นกพรานหอย (ตะวันตก)
Thai (Transliteration): nók kin-hŏaay-naaŋ-rom
Turkish: Poyrazkuşu, Poyrazkuşu (ostralegus/longipes)
Ukrainian: Кулик-сорока
Vietnamese: Chim mò sò
Chinese: 蛎鹬, 蛎鹬（西部）
Chinese (Traditional): 蛎鹬（西部）, 蠣鷸
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 蠣鴴
Chinese (Taiwan): 蛎鸻, 蠣鴴