American Oystercatcher
Haematopus palliatus
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Haematopodidae
- Genus
- Haematopus
- eBird Code
- ameoys
Vocalizations
Richard Littauer · CC0_1_0
sea-kangaroo · CC_BY_4_0
David Weisenbeck · CC_BY_4_0
Subspecies (2)
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Haematopus palliatus galapagensis
Galapagos (except Darwin and Wolf)
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Haematopus palliatus palliatus
coastal northern Mexico from Coronado Islands and Gulf of California locally southwatd to south-central Chile; Atlantic southeastern Canada from Nova Scotia (rare) southward through Caribbean to southern Argentina
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.