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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
16/05/2024 07:08:15 PM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Magellanic Oystercatcher*
Id (Atlas):
Haematopus leucopodus
Description (10 )
Magellanic Oystercatcher
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Large. Medium, straight bill. Sexes alike.
Adults : Upperparts, throat, breast, black. Belly, rump, white. Eyering, yellow. Eye, yellow. Tail, base white. Broad, short, angled white wingbar visible in flight. Underwing primaries, black. Secondaries, outer greater coverts, white. In flight, secondaries are entirely white and the entire inner underwing is white. Bill, bright red with a slightly more orange tip. Legs, pink.
Immatures : Like adult but black parts have brownish edges. Eye, dark. Bill, bright red with a dark tip. Legs are paler.
Family
Haematopodidae (Oystercatchers)
Size
42 - 46 cm
First Described (Guide )
Garnot, 1826
Argentina, Chile, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
Population
Estimated population is 46,000 - 140,000 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (24)... )
Listen to XC188233
Magellanic Oystercatcher (Haematopus leucopodus ) [XC188233 ]
by Peter Boesman from Peeble Island, Falkland Island, United Kingdom (call)
Listen to XC89447
Magellanic Oystercatcher (Haematopus leucopodus ) [XC89447 ]
by Andrew Spencer from Laguna Verde, Porvenir, XII Region, Chile (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Magellanic Oystercatcher see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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