Bird families · Charadriiformes

Oystercatchers

Haematopodidae · 10 species

Oystercatchers (Haematopodidae) is a family of 10 bird species in the order Charadriiformes. They live mostly in coastal habitats. The smallest is the Eurasian Oystercatcher and the largest the Sooty Oystercatcher.

• African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini
• American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
• Blackish Oystercatcher Haematopus ater
• Chatham Islands Oystercatcher Haematopus chathamensis
• Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
• Magellanic Oystercatcher Haematopus leucopodus
• Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris
• Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus
• South Island Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi
• Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor