Canarian Oystercatcher (Haematopus meadewaldoi)

Family
Haematopodidae (Oystercatchers)

Size
40 - 45 cm

First Described (Guide)
Bannerman, 1913

Habitat
Rocky, pebbly and sandy shorelines, tidepools.

Range (Guide)

Spain (E) (B).

Vagrant to Portugal.

Fuerteventura, Lanzarote and their offshore islets in the Canary Islands (Spain). Vagrant to Portugal.

Status EX
Last collected in 1913 and locally reported to have become extinct by the 1940s. Extinction is presumed to have been caused by overharvesting of intertidal invertebrates and disturbance by people. Predation by rats and cats has also been implicated.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A repeated 'kvirr' or 'kvik-kvikkvik'. A 'peepe-peepe peepe-peepe' uttered in alarm.

Nest
A bare scrape on the ground.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

References
See References.

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