List of Birds of Canada and The United States - 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.

  • Eurasian Oystercatcher, Haematopus ostralegus (A) LC
  • American Oystercatcher, Haematopus palliatus LC
  • Black Oystercatcher, Haematopus bachmani LC

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