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Sooty Oystercatcher
Haematopus fuliginosus Gould, 1845
Haematopodidae — Oystercatchers
Sooty Oystercatcher, Haematopus fuliginosus, is an oystercatcher of coastal Australia and Tasmania, breeding along the shore in Australasia. It was described by Gould in 1845. A bird of rocky coasts, it also turns up in estuaries at times. Its plumage is entirely black, and it shows a red eye, eye ring and bill, with pink legs. The species is common on the Tasmanian coastline and Bass Strait islands, and it is known from southern and northern Australian coastal races.
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Haematopodidae — Oystercatchers
- Breeding range
- Australasia: coastal Australia and Tasmania
