Haematopus palliatus

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Overview

Interesting Facts

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 Disturbance: Medium

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 29 meters (95 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats :

• 12 Marine Intertidal
• 12.1 Marine Intertidal - Rocky Shoreline
• 12.2 Marine Intertidal - Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars , Spits , Etc
• 12.3 Marine Intertidal - Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches
• 12.5 Marine Intertidal - Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses)
• 12.6 Marine Intertidal - Tidepools

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 .

Last scrutiny: 24-Jun-1996

Similar Species

Eurasian Oystercatcher, Black Oystercatcher

Members of the genus Haematopus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 22 species and subspecies in this genus:

H. ater (Blackish Oystercatcher) · H. bachmani (American Black Oystercatcher) · H. chathamensis (Chatham Island Pied Oystercatcher) · H. finschi (South Island Pied Oystercatcher) · H. fuliginosus (Sooty Oystercatcher) · H. fuliginosus fuliginosus (Sooty Oystercatcher) · H. leucopodus (Magellanic Oystercatcher) · H. longirostris (Australian Pied Oystercatcher) · H. meadewaldoi (Canarian Black Oystercatcher) · H. moquini (African Black Oystercatcher) · H. ostralegus (Palaearctic Oystercatcher) · H. ostralegus longipes (Siberian Eurasian Oystercatcher) · H. ostralegus malacophaga (Islandic Oystercatcher) · H. ostralegus occidentalis (Eurasian Oystercatcher) · H. ostralegus osculans (Eastern Oystercatcher) · H. ostralegus ostralegus (Eurasian Oystercatcher) · H. palliatus (Brown-Backed Oystercatcher) · H. palliatus frazari (American Oystercatcher) · H. palliatus galapagensis (Galapagos Oystercatcher) · H. palliatus palliatus (American Oystercatcher) · H. unicolor (New Zealand Sooty Oystercatcher) · H. unicolor unicolor (New Zealand Sooty Oystercatcher)

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Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2009. Haematopus palliatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

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: 8200
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-176474
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2481680
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 176472
• IUCN ID: 212676
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABNNC01010
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 207

Footnotes

1. Standard Deviation = 45.400 based on 133,474 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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