Adults: Upperparts and underparts entirely black. Eyering, bright red. Eye, yellow. Bill, bright red. Legs, pale yellow.
Immatures: Light adult but mantle, scapulars, wing-coverts, have brown fringes. In flight, underwing is paler. Eyering, orange-brown. Bill, dull red with blackish tip. Legs, dull pink.
Other Names (World)
Black Oystercatcher, American Black Oystercatcher
Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani) [XC159832]
by Nicolas Martinez from Tower Point, Metchosin, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada (alarm call, alarm calls)
Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani) [XC442061]
by Karen Wosilait from Monta\u00f1a de Oro State Park, San Luis Obispo County, California, United States (call)