Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegus

>> GENERAL >>>>>

– large wader, roughly size of a crow
– diurnal/nocturnal migrant
– migrates singly or in small flocks, in loose formation

>> VISUAL ID >>>>>

BIF542_MPU_MG_6773_090430_eoyscat-1-AD_d_nordsee
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus o. ostralegus, 2CY BREED
BIF0539, 25/08/2014, North Sea, offshore, Germany, Mathias Putze

BIF543_MPU_MG_6776_090430_eoyscat-1-AD_d_nordsee
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus o. ostralegus, 2CY BREED
BIF0540, 25/08/2014, North Sea, offshore, Germany, Mathias Putze

BIF541_MPU_I1Q8277_150217_eoyscat-longipennis-6_oman_ras-janjari
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus o. ostralegus, 2CY AD NBREED
BIF0541, 17/02/2015, Ras Janjari, Oman, Mathias Putze

BIF539_MPU_I1Q0003_140825_eoyscat-3-AD_d_north-sea
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus o. ostralegus, AD BREED
BIF0542, 30/04/2009, North Sea, offshore, Germany, Mathias Putze

BIF540_MPU_I1Q0230_140825_eoyscat-2-AD_d_north-sea
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus o. ostralegus, AD BREED
BIF0543, 30/04/2009, North Sea, offshore, Germany, Mathias Putze

>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>>

BIF465-3_PFR06937-1_1-00_120315_eoyscat-ostralegus-FC_dawz_mv-grinna_ORTF-SD
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus o. ostralegus
BIF0465, 15/03/2012, North Sea, offshore, Germany, Patrick Franke

BIF538-3_MPE0005_140814_eoyscat-FC_f_plouezoch_REF-S
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus o. ostralegus
BIF0538, 14/08/2014, Plouezoch, France, Michèle Peron

>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>>

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