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Oystercatcher page - English
URL: http://www.montereybay.com/creagrus/oystercatchers.html

The Oystercatchers are a small family of shorebirds that have specialized bills for dealing with oysters, mussels, and limpets. There is a black or pied species -- and sometimes both -- on most shorelines (particularly rocky ones) at temperate latitudes around the world.

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American Oystercatcher - English
URL: http://www.eskimo.com/~gluhm/wildlife/aoystercatcher.htm

Photography.

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American Black Oystercatchers - English
URL: http://alaskanart.net/terrypyles/picpages/oc.html

Photo.

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Wildevoelvlei and more African Black oystercatchers. - English
URL: http://www.sunsetbeach.co.za/Cape_Town_beaches/Wildevoelvlei.htm

African Black Oystercatcher showing distractive behavior during the summer breeding season. The oystercatchers are very alert birds and quick to respond when approached especially during the breeding season. The flat dune that surrounds the Kakapo wreck behind Noordhoek Beach is a popular breeding ground and in summer pairs of birds can be observed running around with a only a few meters between their territories.

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Black oystercatchers - English
URL: http://www.eskimo.com/~gluhm/wildlife/oysterpair2.htm

Photography.

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Pied Oystercatcher stamps - English
URL: http://www.bird-stamps.org/cspecies/5500700.htm

Stamps showing Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris).

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Eurasian Oystercatcher stamps - English
URL: http://www.bird-stamps.org/cspecies/5500600.htm

Stamps showing Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus).

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American Oystercatcher stamps - English
URL: http://www.bird-stamps.org/cspecies/5500400.htm

Stamps showing American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus).

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Blackish Oystercatcher stamps - English
URL: http://www.bird-stamps.org/cspecies/5500200.htm

Stamps showing Blackish Oystercatcher (Haematopus ater).

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Magellanic Oystercatcher stamps - English
URL: http://www.bird-stamps.org/cspecies/5500100.htm

Stamps showing Magellanic Oystercatcher (Haematopus leucopodus).

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The African Black oystercatcher. - English
URL: http://www.sunsetbeach.co.za/oystercatcher.htm

The African black oystercatcher is in danger of extinction, its way of life increasingly threatened by man. It is the only oystercatcher which breeds in Africa. The oystercatcher is rarer than the Southern right whale and there are no more than 5 000 birds in the world.

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Oystercatchers, Stilts, Avocet, and Jacana Gallery - English
URL: http://www.tsuru-bird.net/oystercatchers/

Photos.

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Oystercatchers - English
URL: http://www.scholtz.org/bill/nature/Oystercatchers/

Scholtz auto picture html generater.

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NSiS: Florida's Common Waterbirds - Oystercatchers - English
URL: http://www.nsis.org/bird/sp/wb-oyst.html

Species info: oystercatchers. American Oystercatchers are found in coastal areas, most commonly along the central Gulf. They forage along the shore and on sandbars and mudflats. They pry open partially open shellfish and hammer on closed bivalves until they break open.

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Oystercatchers by David Sibley - English
URL: http://www.sibleyart.com/oystercatchers.htm

Detail of: American and Black Oystercatchers (perched and flying, eight birds) 1994.

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Black Oystercatcher - English
URL: http://www.audubon.org/bird/watch/bla/bla.html

Threats, Habitat, Further Reading.

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Haematopus - English
URL: http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/aves/charadriiformes/haematopodidae/haemato

List of species.

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Haematopus palliatus (American Oystercatcher): Media - English
URL: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/haematopus/h._palliatus$media.htm

Photos.

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Haematopus bachmani (Black Oystercatcher): Media - English
URL: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/haematopus/h._bachmani$media.html

Photos.

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Black oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani - English
URL: http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/Infocenter/i2870id.html

A presentation of bird photographs, songs, identification tips, distribution maps, and life history information for North American birds, and a forum for commentary and discussion on birds.

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