Eurasian Oystercatcher

Haematopus ostralegus

Order:

Charadriiformes

Family:

Haematopodidae

Size:

40-47.5 cm

Weight:

M 425-805 g, F 445-820 g

Taxonomy:

H. o. longipes (Buturlin, 1910)

Short Description:

The Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) is a large, striking bird characterized by its distinctive black and white plumage, long orange-red bill, and pink legs. During flight, it displays broad white wing-bars contrasting with its black wings and body. This species has a sturdy build, enabling it to forage along rocky shores and sandy beaches for its preferred prey.

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In Pakistan, the Eurasian Oystercatcher is primarily found along the coastline, including sandy and rocky shores, estuaries, and mudflats. It may also occur in coastal wetlands and saltmarshes. However, its distribution in Pakistan is limited compared to its range in other parts of the world.

All oystercatchers attack different prey types using variety of techniques with prey species, its relative abundance in diet and foraging method all varying greatly with time, locality and individual. Feeds on mussels and other bivalves, limpets, whelks, marine polychaetes, crabs, earthworms and insect larvae, rarely fish.

Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast