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) [XC159514]
by Paul Marvin from Rocky Point Bird Observatory, Metchosin, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada (alarm call, alarm calls)
Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani) [XC500874]
by id from West Beach, Deception Pass State Park, Island County, Washington, United States (call)