Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegus
- Near threatened
- Card rarity: Uncommon
- Birds
The Eurasian oystercatcher or European oystercatcher, also known as the common pied oystercatcher, or just oystercatcher, is a wader in the oystercatcher bird family Haematopodidae. It has striking black and white plumage, a long straight orange-red bill, red eyes and relatively short dull pink legs. The sexes are similar in appearance but the bill of the female is longer than that of the male.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Haematopodidae
- Genus
- Haematopus