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Sooty Oyster Catcher

Haematopus fuliginosus

Photo by Steve A
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Field Notes

Description:

Medium sized water bird with black feathers. It has a red eye, eye ring and pink legs. It has a long, straight beak, which is also red.

Habitat:

Along the coast. Photographed here on the rocky coast of Montague Island, New South Wales

Reference Links:

Haematopus fuliginosus Gould 1845

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
The MnMs
Nice! I never seen the total black ones either :-)
Steve A
@ Alice.. We have a few different varieties here also, I have photo of some pied Oyster Catchers that I took the following day.
alicelongmartin
Like your picture. I remember seeing Oyster catchers while we were in the Netherlands, but not the sooty variety.

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