Eurasian or South Island Oystercatcher
Haematopus [ostralegus or finschi] (= Haematopus ostralegus) Linnaeus, C 1758
The Eurasian oystercatcher also known as the common pied oystercatcher, or palaearctic oystercatcher, or just oystercatcher, is a wader in the oystercatcher bird family Haematopodidae. It is the most widespread of the oystercatchers, with three races breeding in western Europe, central Eurosiberia, Kamchatka, China, and the western coast of Korea. No other oystercatcher occurs within this area. The extinct Canary Islands oystercatcher, formerly considered a distinct species, may have actually been an isolated subspecies or distinct population of the Eurasian oystercatcher. Source: Wikipedia
Classification
Order:Charadriiformes
Family:
Haematopodidae
Genus:
Haematopus
Scientific:
Haematopus ostralegus
Original description
Citation:
Linnaeus, C 1758
Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 10
1 p.152
Protonym:
Haematopus Ostralegus
Type locality:
Europe and America = Oland, from first reference.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/171/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
FB5F78350FE11456
Avibase ID:
avibase-FB5F7835
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/FB5F7835
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 176469
Geographic range:
- Haematopus ostralegus: breeds coastally and inland from Iceland eastward to Kamchatka and southward to southern Europe and central and northeastern Asia; winters to coasts of tropical Africa, southern Asia, and eastern China
- Haematopus ostralegus ostralegus: Iceland and Scandinavia to southern Europe; winters to Africa
- Haematopus ostralegus [longipes or buturlini]: Russia to Siberia and southward to Caspian Sea and Aral Sea
- Haematopus ostralegus osculans: Kamchatka Peninsula and North Korea; winters eastern China
- Haematopus finschi: highlands of South Island (New Zealand); winters to North Island
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Eurasian or South Island Oystercatcher
French:
Huîtrier pie ou H. de Finsch
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Eurasian or South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus [ostralegus or finschi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Eurasian or South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus [ostralegus or finschi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Eurasian or South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus [ostralegus or finschi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Eurasian or South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus [ostralegus or finschi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Eurasian or South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus [ostralegus or finschi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Eurasian or South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus [ostralegus or finschi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Eurasian or South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus [ostralegus or finschi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Eurasian or South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus [ostralegus or finschi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Eurasian or South Island Oystercatcher ( Haematopus [ostralegus or finschi]) |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Eurasian Oystercatcher ( Haematopus ostralegus) [version 2] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Eurasian Oystercatcher ( Haematopus ostralegus) [version 2] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Eurasian Oystercatcher ( Haematopus ostralegus) [version 2] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Eurasian Oystercatcher ( Haematopus ostralegus) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Eurasian Oystercatcher ( Haematopus ostralegus) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Eurasian Oystercatcher ( Haematopus ostralegus) [version 2] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Eurasian Oystercatcher ( Haematopus ostralegus) [version 2] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Eurasian Oystercatcher ( Haematopus ostralegus) [version 2] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Eurasian Oystercatcher ( Haematopus ostralegus) [version 2] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Eurasian Oystercatcher ( Haematopus ostralegus) [version 2] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Eurasian Oystercatcher ( Haematopus ostralegus) [version 2] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species (alt)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Haematopus [ostralegus, longirostris or finschi]
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Bonttobie
Arabic: آكل المحار
Asturian: Levantallámpares
Azerbaijani: Sağ-sağan cüllüt
Belarusian: Крывок
Bulgarian: Стридояд
Bengali: ইউরেশীয় ঝিনুকমার
Breton: Ar big-vor
Catalan: Garsa de mar, Garsa de mar eurasiàtica
Catalan (Balears): Garsa de mar.
Valencian: Alena
Czech: ústřičník velký
Welsh: Pioden y môr
Danish: Afrikansk Strandskade
German: Austernfischer
Greek: (Ευρωπαϊκός) Στρειδοφάγος
Greek (Cypriot): Στρειδοφάγος
English: Eurasian or South Island Oystercatcher, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Eurasian oyster-catcher, Oyster-catcher, Palaearctic oyster-catcher
English (Kenya): Eurasian Oystercatcher
Esperanto: hematopo
Spanish: Ostrero Euroasiático
Spanish (Spain): Ostrero Euroasiático
Estonian: Merisk
Basque: Itsas mika
Persian: صدفخوار
Finnish: meriharakka
Faroese: Gestur
French: Huîtrier pie, Huîtrier pie ou H. de Finsch
Frisian: Strânljip
Irish: Roilleach
Gaelic: Gille-Brìghde
Galician: Gabita
Manx: Garee Breck
Hebrew: שלצדף
Croatian: Oštrigar
Hungarian: Csigaforgató
Armenian: Կտցար Կաչաղակ
Icelandic: Tjaldur
Italian: Beccaccia di mare
Japanese (romaji): 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
Kazakh: Сауысқан балшықшы
Korean: 검은머리물떼새
Korean (Transliteration): geomeun-meori-mul-tte-sae
Cornish: Morbyasen
Scientific: Haematopus [ostralegus or finschi], Haematopus osculans, Haematopus ostralegus, Haematopus ostralegus osculans, Haematopus ostralegus ostralegus
Luxembourgish: Mierkréi
Lithuanian: Juršarke
Latvian: Jūras žagata
Maori: Torea
Macedonian: Властелица остригер
Malayalam: കടൽമണ്ണാത്തി
Malay: Burung Kedidi Tiram, Burung Tetiram
Maltese: Gallina tal-Baħar
Nepali: सिपी चरा
Dutch: Afrikaanse Zwarte Scholekster
Norwegian: Tjeld
Polish: ostrygojad
Pinyin: lì-héng, lì-yù
Portuguese: Ostraceiro
Portuguese (Portugal): Ostraceiro
Romansh: austrel
Romanian: Scoicar
Russian: Кулик-сорока
Scots: Gille brighde
Northern Sami: Cagán
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Eurasia Bolugulla
Slovak: lastúrničiar strakatý
Slovenian: školjkarica
Albanian: Laraska e detit
Serbian: šareni oštrigar
Swedish: Strandskata
Swahili: Kizamichaza
Thai: นกกินหอยนางรม
Thai (Transliteration): nók kin-hŏaay-naaŋ-rom
Turkish: Poyrazkuşu
Ukrainian: Кулик-сорока, Кулик-сорока євразійський
Vietnamese: Chim mò sò
Chinese: 蛎鹬
Chinese (Traditional): 蠣鷸
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 蠣鴴
Chinese (Taiwan): 蛎鸻
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