Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

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

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Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2 

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Abkhazian: аЦаблы каұкаұ, аЦаблыкаұкаұ
Afrikaans: Bonttobie, Bonttobie (Bontoestervanger)
Arabic: آكل المحار, آكل المحار رهيز, محاري اوراسي
Asturian: Levantallámpares, Llampariegu, Llevantallámpares euroasiáticu
Azerbaijani: sağsağan alacüllüt, Sağ-sağan cüllüt, sağsağanı alacüllüt, Sağsağani cüllüt, sağsağanı cüllüt
Bashkir: ҡом һайыҫҡаны, ҡыҙыл суҡышлы һайыҫҡан
Belarusian: Крывок
Bulgarian: Стридояд
Bengali: ইউরেশীয় ঝিনুকমার, িআিঈময঱ীয় চঝনুকভায
Bengali (transliteration): i'urēśīẏa jhinukamāra
Breton: Ar big-vor, Morbig, Morbig-Eurazia, Pig-vor
Catalan: Alena, Garsa de mar, Garsa de mar eurasiàtica, Garsa de mar.
Catalan (Balears): Garsa de mar, Garsa de mar.
Valencian: Alena
Montenegrin: ostrigar, остригар
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): остригар
Czech: ústøièník velký, Ústricník velký, Ústričník velký, Ústřičník velký
Chuvash: пăра сăмса
Welsh: Bilcoch, Llymarchyn, Picoch, Pioden fôr, Pioden y môr, Piogen y môr, Sacr, Twm pib, Watryswn
Danish: Strandskade
German: Austernfischer
Greek: (Ευρωπαϊκός) Στρειδοφάγος, Στρειδoφάγoς, Στρειδοφάγος
Greek (Cypriot): Στρειδοφάγος
English: Common Oystercatcher, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Eurasian oyster-catcher, European Oystercatcher, European Oyster-catcher, Northern Oystercatcher, Northern Pied Oystercatcher, Oystercatcher, Oyster-catcher, Palaearctic Oystercatcher, Palaearctic oyster-catcher, Pied Oystercatcher, Sea Pie
English, HBW: Eurasian Oystercatcher (Western/Far Eastern)
English (IOC): Eurasian Oystercatcher
English (Kenya): Eurasian Oystercatcher
English (United States): Eurasian Oystercatcher
Esperanto: Eŭrazia hematopo, hematopo, piga hematopo
Spanish: Ostrero, Ostrero Común, Ostrero de Eurasia, Ostrero Euroasiático
Spanish (Spain): Ostrero Euroasiático
Spanish (HBW): Ostrero euroasiático
Estonian: Merisk
Basque: Garsa de mar, Itsas mika
Persian: صدف‌ خوار, صدف‌خوار
Finnish: Meriharakka
Faroese: Gestur, Tjaldur
French: Huîtrier pie
Frisian: Strânljip
Irish: Gobadán, Roilleach
Gaelic: Gille Brìghde, Gille-Brìghde
Galician: Gabita, Garsa de mar, gavita, Lampareiro, Lampareiro común
Manx: Bridgeen, Bridjeen, Garee Breck
Hebrew: שלצדף, שלצדף החוף
Croatian: Oštrigar, Oštrigar kovač
Hungarian: Csigaforgató
Armenian: [Kttsar Kachaghak ], Կտցար Կաչաղակ
Icelandic: Tjaldur
Italian: Beccaccia di mare, Beccaccia di mare eurasiatica, Beccaccia di mare paleartica
Japanese (romaji): Miya kodori, miyakodori, Miyako-dori, Miyako-shigi
Japanese: ミヤコシギ, ミヤコドリ
Japanese (Kanji): 都鳥, 都鴫, 都鷸
Georgian: ზღვის კაჭკაჭი, სირკაჭკაჭი, სირკაჭკჭი
Kara-Kalpak: қызыл аяқ
Mongolian, Halh: алаг зарагынхан
Kazakh: балшықшы, Бізтұмсық, қараала балшықшы, қараала шалшықшы, Қарала балшықшы, Сауысқан балшықшы
Korean: 검은머리물떼새
Korean (Transliteration): geomeun-meori-mul-tte-sae
Karachay-Balkar: мырды чакъынджикъ
North Karelian: meriharakka
Cornish: Morbyasen
Kirghiz: кадимки сагызганчулдук, чулдук сагызган
Scientific: Haematopus osculans, Haematopus ostralegus, Haematopus ostralegus osculans, Haematopus ostralegus ostralegus, Haematopus vulgaris
Luxembourgish: Mierkréi
Lithuanian: Eurazinė jūršarkė, Jūrinė šarka, Juršarke, Jūršarkė
Latvian: Jūras žagata, Žagattārtiņš
Maori: Torea, tōrea
Macedonian: Властелица остригер, остригар
Malayalam: കടൽമണ്ണാത്തി
Mongolian: алаг зарагынхан
Moldavian: Scoicar
Malay: Burung Kedidi Tiram, Burung Tetiram
Maltese: Gallina tal-Bahar, Gallina tal-Baħar
Nepali: सिपी चरा
Dutch: Scholekster
Norwegian Nynorsk: Tjeld
Norwegian: Kjell, Tjeld
Livvi (Olonets Karelian): kajoi, kajoin
Polish: ostrygojad, ostrygojad (zwyczajny), ostrygojad zwyczajny
Pinyin: lì-héng, lì-yù
Portuguese: Ostraceiro, Ostraceiro-europeu
Portuguese (Portugal): Ostraceiro, ostraceiro-eurasiático
Romansh: Austrel
Rhaeto-Romance: Austrel
Romanian: Scoicar
Russian: Kulik-soroka, Кулик-сорока, Кулик-сорока обыкновенный, Обыкновенный кулик-сорока
Scots: Gille brighde
Northern Sami: Cagan, Cagán
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Eurasia Bolugulla
Slovak: lastúrničiar strakatý
Slovenian: školjkarica
Albanian: Laraska e detit
Serbian: Ostrigar, šareni oštrigar, Остригар, Оштригар
Swedish: Strandskata
Swahili: Kizamichaza
Thai: นกกินหอยนางรม, นกพรานหอย
Thai (Transliteration): nók kin-hŏaay-naaŋ-rom
Turkmen: alahekek-çuluk
Turkish: Deniz Saksağanı, İstridye Kuşu, poyraz kuşu, Poyrazkuşu
Tatar: саескан шөлди , саескансыман шөлди , шөлди-саескан
Tuvinian: ала сайжы
Udmurt: камчучо
Ukrainian: Кулик-сорока, Кулик-сорока євразійський, Пискун
Uzbek: зах лойхўрак
Vietnamese: Chim mò sò
Chinese: [li-heng], [li-yu], 蛎 鹬, 蛎鹬, 蠣鴴, 蠣鷸
Chinese (Traditional): 蠣鴴, 蠣鴴〔歐亞蠣鴴〕, 蠣鷸
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 蠣鴴
Chinese (Taiwan): [li-heng], 蛎鸻, 蠣鴴