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Sooty oystercatcher
Haematopus fuliginosus
-38.9167, 146.333
Field Notes
Description:
Black body legs pink, bill red/orange & red ring around eyes.
Body up to 48cm
Habitat:
Rocky coastal areas & Islands, sometimes intertidal mudflats
Notes:
Usually seen in pairs (there was another one further off)
They eat molluscs, worms, jellyfish, crustaceans & echinoderms
Near threatened in Victoria
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