Eurasian Oystercatcher Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Haematopus ostralegus
Family : Haematopodidae
Order : Charadriiformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Other Name : Oystercatcher, Common Oystercatcher
Habitat : Coast
Description : The Eurasian Oystercatcher is a black and white shore bird with an orange-red bill (adult bird length approximately 42 cm, weight 670 g, wing 25 cm, bill 8.5 cm, tarsus 5.2 cm, tail 10.6 cm). It looks almost black from above except for its white rump. It feeds on crustaceans and marine invertebrates. It breeds in April-May. The nest is a bare scrape on pebbles, on the coast or on inland gravelly islands. Two to four eggs are laid. Both eggs and chicks are highly cryptic.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Pluvialis squatarola
(Grey Plover) -
Charadrius dubius
(Little Ringed Plover) -
Vanellus cinereus
(Grey‑headed Lapwing) -
Charadrius placidus
(Long‑billed Plover) -
Vanellus indicus
(Red‑wattled Lapwing) -
Vanellus malarbaricus
(Yellow‑wattled Lapwing) -
Charadrius mongolus
(Lesser Sandplover) -
Vanellus duvaucelii
(River Lapwing) -
Himantopus himantopus
(Black‑winged Stilt) -
Pluvialis fulva
(Pacific Golden Plover)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: Chris McCreedy(www.inaturalist.org/people/Chris McCreedy),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;julien Rochefortmore information, please contact us.
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: Chris McCreedy(www.inaturalist.org/people/Chris McCreedy),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;julien Rochefortmore information, please contact us.