Sooty Oystercatcher
Haematopus fuliginosus
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Haematopodidae
- Genus
- Haematopus
- eBird Code
- soooys1
Vocalizations
Anthony Wilson · CC_BY_4_0
Subspecies (2)
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Haematopus fuliginosus fuliginosus
coastal southern Australia (Shark Bay, Western Australia southeastward to southeastern Queensland, including Tasmania)
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Haematopus fuliginosus opthalmicus
coastal northern Australia (Geraldton, Western Australia northeastward to southeastern Queensland)
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.