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Eurasian Oystercatcher

Haematopus ostralegus

Photo by arne.roysland
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

A coastal bird with black and white plumage, red legs and strong broad red bill used for smashing or prising open molluscs such as mussels or for finding earthworms.

Habitat:

On an island near open sea.

Reference Links:

Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) · iNaturalist

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Comments (1)
Zlatan Celebic
Beautiful spotting Arno - I would like to invite you to check our new mission "Birds of Europe" (https://www.projectnoah.org/missions/2391996002). I think that this, and all other bird spottings from your area, would be a great addition to it. Looking forward seeing you there...

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Birds of Europe
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PublishedJune 7, 2020

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