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Oystercatcher

Oystercatchers
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Haematopodidae
Genus: Haematopus
Species
H. bachmani
H. palliatus
H. ostralegus
H. meadewaldoi
H. moquini
H. unicolor
H. leucopodus
H. fuliginosus
H. chathamensis H. ater

The Oystercatchers are a group of waders in the family Haematopodidae . They are large obvious and noisy plover-like birds, with strong flattened bills used for smashing or prising open molluscs.

They are found on coasts worldwide apart from the polar regions. They are all-black, black and white or brown and white in appearance.

Their eggs are laid in a shallow scrape on shingle.

The species are



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