Haematopus ostralegus

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Overview

Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found in a lake at a mean distance from sea level of -27.74 meters (-91.01 feet).[1]

Ecology: Behaviour Most populations of this species are fully migratory, inland breeders moving to the coast for the winter1. The species breeds from April to July2 in solitary pairs or small groups3, during the winter foraging singly or in small groups of up to 10 individuals4 and with larger flocks often forming in major bays and estuaries and at roosting sites1, 2, 4. Habitat Breeding The species breeds on coastal saltmarshes, sand and shingle beaches1, dunes, cliff-tops with short grass2 and occasionally rocky shores1, as well as inland along the shores of lakes , reservoirs and rivers2 or on agricultural1 grass and cereal fields , often some distance from water2. Non-breeding Outside of the breeding season the species is chiefly coastal, frequenting estuarine mudflats , saltmarshes and sandy and rocky shores1. Diet When foraging on soft intertidal substrates bivalves and gastropods are the most important food items for this species1. Polychaetes and crustaceans are more important in estuaries however, and molluscs (e.g. mussels, limpets and whelks) are most important on rocky shores1. When inland, prey such as earthworms and insect larvae (e.g. caterpillars and cranefly larvae) are also taken1. Breeding site The nest is a shallow scrape on the ground1 often on raised surfaces (e.g. earth banks)2 in the open or in short vegetation4 on cultivated or uncultivated land , cliff-tops, rocky outcrops or clearings in taller vegetation including woods and moorland4. Management information The breeding numbers of this species may decline if cattle grazing regimes are implemented on coastal grassland, possibly as a result of changes in food availability and increased predation risks11. Removing large numbers of gulls (e.g. Larus argentatus and Larus fuscus) from islands may attract higher breeding numbers of the species but may not improve the overall breeding conditions12. There is also evidence that the creation of large marine protected areas (MPAs) to protect this species from the threat of anthropogenic shellfish over-fishing may not be an effective management or conservation technique on a global scale, especially if over-fishing continues to occur in adjacent areas13.

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List of Habitats :

•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.1     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )   
  
•     9     Marine Neritic   
  
•     9.10     Marine Neritic - Estuaries   
  
•     12     Marine Intertidal   
  
•     12.1     Marine Intertidal - Rocky Shoreline   
  
•     12.2     Marine Intertidal - Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits , Etc   
  
•     12.3     Marine Intertidal - Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches   
  
•     12.4     Marine Intertidal - Mud Flats and Salt Flats   
  
•     12.5     Marine Intertidal - Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses)   
  
•     12.6     Marine Intertidal - Tidepools   
  
•     13     Marine Coastal/Supratidal   
  
•     13.4     Marine Coastal/Supratidal - Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes   
  
•     13.5     Marine Coastal/Supratidal - Coastal Freshwater Lakes   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.1     Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land   
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Biology

Diet

Oyster Catchers eat marine worms and shellfish which they probe for and open with their bills.

Migration

Migratory

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 24-Jun-1996

Similar Species

American Oystercatcher

Members of the genus Haematopus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 23 species and subspecies in this genus:

H. ater (Blackish Oystercatcher) · H. bachmani (Black Oystercatcher) · H. chathamensis (Chatham Island Pied Oystercatcher) · H. finschi (South Island Oystercatcher) · H. fuliginosus (Sooty Oystercatcher) · H. fuliginosus fuliginosus (Sooty Oystercatcher) · H. leucopodus (Magellanic Oystercatcher) · H. longirostris (Australian Pied Oystercatcher) · H. meadewaldoi (Canarian Black Oystercatcher) · H. moquini (African Oystercatcher) · H. ostralegus (Eurasian Oystercatcher) · H. ostralegus buturlini (Eurasian Oystercatcher) · H. ostralegus longipes (Eurasian Oystercatcher) · H. ostralegus malacophaga (Islandic Oystercatcher) · H. ostralegus occidentalis (Eurasian Oystercatcher) · H. ostralegus osculans (Eastern Oystercatcher) · H. ostralegus ostralegus (Eurasian Oystercatcher) · H. palliatus (American Oystercatcher) · H. palliatus frazari (American Oystercatcher) · H. palliatus galapagensis (Galapagos Oystercatcher) · H. palliatus palliatus (American Oystercatcher) · H. unicolor (Variable Oystercatcher) · H. unicolor unicolor (New Zealand Sooty Oystercatcher)

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Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2009. Haematopus ostralegus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 02, 2007:

• Avian Knowledge Network, eBird
• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics, Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds
• European Environment Agency, EUNIS
• GBIF-Sweden, Bird Ringing Centre in Sweden
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area
• Institute of Nature Conservation PAS, National System of Proetcted Areas
• Israel Nature and Parks Authority, Israel Nature and Parks Authority
• KDR
• , Korea Wild Birds
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
• Mokpo Museum of Natural History, Mokpo Museum of Natural History Bird
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• National Chemical Laboratory, IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
• National Science Museum of Korea, National Science Museum of Korea Bird
• Senckenberg, Collection Aves
• SysTax, Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn
• The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility, Western Palearctic migrants in continental Africa
• UK National Biodiversity Network, East Ayrshire Countryside Ranger Service - East Ayrshire Species Database
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Environment and Heritage Service - EHS Species Datasets
• UK National Biodiversity Network, RSPB - Wader breeding survey in the Broads ESA in 1995
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
• , Bird specimens
• Upper Silesian Museum, Bytom, Upper Silesian Museum, Bird Observations

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8195
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-176470
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2481042
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 176469
• IUCN ID: 212675
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 179877

Footnotes

1. Standard Deviation = 538.330 based on 489 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. BirdLife International 2009. Haematopus ostralegus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]

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