Haematopus palliatus

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Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Vegetation: coastal sand beaches and mudflats, coastal rocky beaches • Foraging Strata: Terrestrial • Center of Abundance: Lower tropical: lowlands, lower than 500 m.; tropics. • Sensitivity to Disturbancet: Medium

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of -18 meters (-60 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats : 12.1 Marine Intertidal - Rocky Shoreline 12.3 Marine Intertidal - Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches

Biology

Diet

Exclusively: Aquatic Invertebrates

Reproduction

The breeding season begins in early April, and lasts through July. The American Oystercatcher breeds on coastal beaches, among the rocks or dunes, and occasionally in the salt marshes. The nest is a small scrape on the ground , which is sometimes lined with broken shells and other material . The female lays 2-4 (usually 3) eggs that both adults incubate for 24-27 days. The young are precocial and are cared for by both adults for 34-37 days. The young leave the nest 1-2 days after hatching .

• Clutch Size: 2-3
• Length of Incubation : 24-29 days
• Days to Fledge : 35+
• Number of Broods: 1

Migration

Most do not migrate

Behavior

The main habitat of this species is coastal areas. The American Oystercatcher finds its food by probing the sand , rocks, and other substrates in the coastal waters . The diet includes marine invertebrates , crabs, marine worms, and occasionally fish.

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001.

Similar Species

Eurasian Oystercatcher, Black Oystercatcher

Members of the genus Haematopus

There are approximately 38 species in this genus:

H. ater (Blackish Oystercatcher) · H. bachmani (American Black Oystercatcher) · H. chathamensis (Chatham Islands Oystercatcher) · H. finschi (South Island Oystercatcher) · H. fuliginosus (Sooty Oystercatcher) · H. fuliginosus fuliginosus (Sooty Oystercatcher) · H. fuliginosus opthalmicus · H. leucopodus (Magellanic Oystercatcher) · H. longirostris (Australian Pied Oyster Catcher) · H. meadewaldoi (Canarian Black Oystercatcher) · H. moquini (African Black Oystercatcher) · H. niger meadewaldoi · H. niger niger · H. osculans · H. ostralegus (Palaearctic Oystercatcher) · H. ostralegus bachmani · H. ostralegus buturlini · H. ostralegus finschi · H. ostralegus longipes (Siberian Eurasian Oystercatcher) · H. ostralegus longirostris · H. ostralegus malacophaga (Islandic Oystercatcher) · H. ostralegus occidentalis (Eurasian Oystercatcher) · H. ostralegus or · H. ostralegus osculans (Eastern Oystercatcher) · H. ostralegus ostralegus (Palaearctic Oystercatcher) · H. ostralegus palliatus · H. ostralegus pitanay · H. palliatus (American Oystercatcher) · H. palliatus durnfordi · H. palliatus frazari (American Oystercatcher) · H. palliatus galapagensis (Galapagos Oystercatcher) · H. palliatus palliatus (American Oystercatcher) · H. palliatus pitanay · H. palliatus prattii · H. quoyi · H. unicolor (New Zealand Sooty Oystercatcher) · H. unicolor chathamensis · H. unicolor unicolor (New Zealand Sooty Oystercatcher)

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Further Reading

• A naturalist in the Bahamas: John I. Northrop, October 12 1861 - June 25, 1891; a memorial volume, ed., with a biographical introduction by Henry Fairfield Osborn. New York, The Columbia university press[c1910] ENG url p. 61.
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• Annals of the Carnegie Museum. [Pittsburgh]: Published by authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1901- ENG url p. 449, p. 558, p. 601.
• Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. New York. ENG url p. 139.
• Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Berlin: Nicolai, 1835- GER url p. 134.
• Arkiv för zoologi / utgivet af K. Svenska vetenskaps-akademien. Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & soner, 1903-1974. SWE url p. 24.
• Asteroid notes. Northfield, Minn, Goodsell Observatory of Carleton College, 1934-1950. ENG url p. 344.
• BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
• BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
• Birds of New York / by Elon Howard Eaton. Albany: University of the State of New York, 1910-1914. ENG url p. 690.
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• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 144, p. 309, p. 316, p. 32, p. 408, p. 410, p. 45.
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• Bulletin, Gulf Biologic Station, Baton Rouge, Louisiana State Board of Agriculture and Immigration., 1902-1910. ENG url p. 80.
• Cassinia. Philadelphia, Delaware Valley Ornithological Club. ENG url p. 55, p. 79.
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• Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. London, 1874-98. ENG url p. 114, p. 116, p. 117, p. 730, p. 731.
• Catalogue of the specimens illustrating the osteology of vertebrated animals, recent and extinct, contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. London, 1891. ENG url p. 350.
• Check-list of North American birds / prepared by a committee of the American ornithologists' union. Lancaster, Pa.: The Union, 1931. ENG url p. 102, p. 494.
• FWS/0BS. [Washington]Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Dept. of the Interior. ENG url p. 119, p. 216.
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Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 09, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 13 providers.
• Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 09, 2007:

• Avian Knowledge Network, eBird
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM, CNAV/Coleccion Nacional de Aves
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
• , Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3851147
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-176474
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13737992
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 176472
• IUCN ID: 49118
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABNNC01010
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 207

Footnotes

1. Standard Deviation = 223.660 based on 7,383 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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