List of Birds of Massachusetts - Oystercatchers

Oystercatchers

Order: Charadriiformes. Family: Haematopodidae

The oystercatchers are large, obvious and noisy plover-like birds, with strong bills used for smashing or prising open molluscs. In Massachusetts, one species has been recorded.

  • American Oystercatcher, Haematopus palliatus (n)

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