Birds of Venezuela - Oystercatchers

Oystercatchers

Order: Charadriiformes. Family: Haematopodidae

The oystercatchers are large and noisy plover-like birds, with strong bills used for smashing or prising open molluscs. There is and 1 species which has been recorded in Venezuela.

  • American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus

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