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Blackish Oystercatcher
Haematopus ater Vieillot, 1825
Haematopodidae — Oystercatchers
Blackish Oystercatcher, Haematopus ater, is a bird of the coastal parts of South America, breeding from northern Peru and southern Argentina to Cape Horn and the Falkland Islands, and reaching coastal Uruguay outside the breeding season. It belongs to the oystercatcher family, Haematopodidae, and was described by Vieillot in 1825. It is a shore bird of rocky coasts, where its dark plumage helps it blend in with the stones. The sexes look alike. Its long bill is red and its legs are white.
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Haematopodidae — Oystercatchers
- Breeding range
- South America: coastal n Peru and se Argentina to Cape Horn and Falkland Is.
- Nonbreeding range
- to coastal s Uruguay
