Oystercatcher

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Oystercatchers
\nWestern Black Oystercatcher
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Haematopus

\nThe Oystercatchers are a group of waders in the family Haematopodidae. They are large obvious and noisy plover-like birds, with strong flattened bills used for smashing or prising open molluscs. They are found on coasts worldwide apart from the polar regions. They are all-black, black and white or brown and white in appearance. Their eggs are laid in a shallow scrape on shingle.

• ORDER CHARADRIIFORMES\n* Suborder Charadrii: waders \n** Family Thinocoridae: seedsnipe\n** Family Pedionomidae: Plains Wanderer\n** Family Scolopacidae: snipe, sandpipers, phalaropes, and allies\n** Family Rostratulidae: painted snipe\n** Family Jacanidae: jacanas\n** Family Chionididae: sheathbills\n** Family Burhinidae: thick-knees\n** Family Haematopodidae\n*** Western Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani\n*** American Pied Oystercatcher H. palliatus\n*** Common Pied Oystercatcher H. ostralegus\n*** Canarian Black Oystercatcher H. meadewaldoi\n*** African Black Oystercatcher H. moquini\n*** Variable Oystercatcher H. unicolor\n*** Magellanic Oystercatcher H. leucopodus\n*** Sooty Oystercatcher H. fuliginosus\n*** Blackish Oystercatcher H. ater\n*** Chatham Islands Oystercatcher H. chathamensis\n** Family Recurvirostridae: avocets\n** Family Ibidorhynchidae: Ibisbill\n** Family Charadriidae plovers and lapwings\n** Family Pluvianellidae: Magellanic Plover\n** Family Dromadidae: Crab Plover\n** Family Glareolidae: pratincoles and coursers\n* Suborder Lari: gulls and allies; 4 families\n* Suborder Alcae: auks; 1 family