The Eurasian oystercatcher on air
The Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) also known as the common pied oystercatcher, or palaearctic oystercatcher,[2] or (in Europe) just oystercatcher, is a wader in the oystercatcher bird family Haematopodidae. It is the most widespread of the oystercatchers, with three races breeding in western Europe, central Eurosiberia, Kamchatka, China, and the western coast of Korea. No other oystercatcher occurs within this area. The extinct Canary Islands oystercatcher (Haematopus meadewaldoi), formerly considered a distinct species, may have actually been an isolated subspecies or distinct population of the Eurasian oystercatcher.[3]
This oystercatcher is the national bird of the Faroe Islands.
dor.maX 12/05/2021 17:57
I never saw a flying oystercatcher, I saw them standing in the waterhwo53 12/05/2021 9:23
Flubild vom Austernfischer, schöne Aktion.Lieben Gruß Heinz-Walter
Sigrid Warnke 11/05/2021 18:27
Ein Austernfischer auf deutsch. Very nice picture.LG Sigrid