>> GENERAL >>>>>
– large wader, roughly size of a crow
– diurnal/nocturnal migrant
– migrates singly or in small flocks, in loose formation
>> VISUAL ID >>>>>
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus o. ostralegus, 2CY BREED
BIF0539, 25/08/2014, North Sea, offshore, Germany, Mathias Putze
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus o. ostralegus, 2CY BREED
BIF0540, 25/08/2014, North Sea, offshore, Germany, Mathias Putze
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus o. ostralegus, 2CY AD NBREED
BIF0541, 17/02/2015, Ras Janjari, Oman, Mathias Putze
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus o. ostralegus, AD BREED
BIF0542, 30/04/2009, North Sea, offshore, Germany, Mathias Putze
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus o. ostralegus, AD BREED
BIF0543, 30/04/2009, North Sea, offshore, Germany, Mathias Putze
>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>>
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus o. ostralegus
BIF0465, 15/03/2012, North Sea, offshore, Germany, Patrick Franke
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus o. ostralegus
BIF0538, 14/08/2014, Plouezoch, France, Michèle Peron
>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>>
Pied Avocet (a)
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