American Oystercatcher Gallery

AUDUBON: OYSTERCATCHERS. Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani), left, and Blackish

AUDUBON: OYSTERCATCHERS.
Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani), left, and Blackish Oystercatcher (Haematopus ater). Engraving after John James Audubon for his Birds of America, 1827-38

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Oystercatcher and Marsh Harrier - Oystercatcher chasing marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus) out of nesting territory, in flight

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Thresher / Foxtail Shark
Distribution: Eastern & Western Atlantic / Central Pacific / Indo-west Pacific
Alopias vulpinus
Usually lives at depths over 200m & only sighted rarely - The Common Thresher Shark ranges in size from 16.5 to 20ft long - Feeds on Squid & Fish corraling them with its elongated tail / stunning them with slaps from it and catching them with its very sharp but small teeth - Decreasing in numbers because of overfishing (it is hunted for meat and its fins)
Kurt Amsler
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American Oystercatcher, endemic Galapagos subspecies ( Haematopus palliatus galapagensis)

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American Oystercatcher, endemic Galapagos subspecies ( Haematopus palliatus galapagensis)
Santiago, Galapagos, Ecuador
Haematopus palliatus galapagensi
endemic
Bob Gibbons
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