Oystercatchers

Eurasian Oystercatcher

Haematopus ostralegus

The Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) is a 526 g coastal bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It stays put all year.

Family

Oystercatchers

Order

Charadriiformes

Weight

526 g

Habitat

Coastal

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

66

Recorded in Netherlands, United Kingdom, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Spain, Finland, Isle of Man, Estonia, Russia, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, Italy, India, Turkey, Greece, Åland, Faeroe Islands, Ukraine, Japan, Morocco, China, Poland, Oman, JE, Bulgaria, Kuwait, Iran, Senegal, GG, Kazakhstan, Gambia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Georgia, Romania, Israel, Lithuania, Belarus, Sri Lanka, Latvia, Switzerland, Kenya, EH, Qatar, Austria, Czechia, SJ, Australia, Mauritania, New Zealand, Mexico, Albania, Djibouti, Croatia, Hungary, Azerbaijan, Tunisia, Canada.

Where to see it: La Rocque (Jersey); Derbyhaven (Isle of Man); Herm (Guernsey); 船橋市 · ふなばし三番瀬海浜公園 (Funabashi · Funabashi Sanbanze Seaside Park) (Japan); Langness (Isle of Man).

Photo: (c) Марат Адиев, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist