Haematopus ostralegus Linnaeus, 1758
(Oystercatcher, Eurasian Oystercatcher)

Haematopus ostralegus (Oystercatcher, Eurasian Oystercatcher) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Haematopus ostralegus (Oystercatcher, Eurasian Oystercatcher) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHaematopus ostralegus (Oystercatcher, Eurasian Oystercatcher)
FamilyCHARADRIIDAE (plovers)
OrderCHARADRIIFORMES (plovers and sea birds)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Haematopus ostralegus (Oystercatcher, Eurasian Oystercatcher)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Lane, M. 2006 Adult Oystercatcher ’piping’ Vol 17 (6) Page: 431
Sterry, P. 2004 Male Oystercatcher Vol 16, No 2 Page: 125

Haematopus ostralegus (Oystercatcher, Eurasian Oystercatcher) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Haematopus ostralegus (Oystercatcher, Eurasian Oystercatcher):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 15 images of Haematopus ostralegus (Oystercatcher, Eurasian Oystercatcher)
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