Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani)

Black Oystercatcher, Esquimalt Lagoon, Colwood, Near Victoria, British Columbia
Photograph by Alan And Elaine Wilson. Some rights reserved. (view image details)

BLACK OYSTERCATCHER FACTS

Classification

Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Family:	Haematopodidae
Genus:	Haematopus
Species:	bachmani
Common Name:	Black Oystercatcher

Relatives in same Genus
American Oystercatcher (H. palliatus)

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