Sooty Oystercatcher

Haematopus fuliginosus

Least Concern

The Sooty Oystercatcher is a shorebird of Australian coasts and offshore islands. It uses its bill, legs, and alert flight to feed on invertebrates, seeds, or small aquatic prey along coasts, mudflats, rivers, lakes, grasslands, or open ground; many shorebirds make impressive seasonal movements between breeding and non-breeding areas.

Family

Haematopodidae

Group

Shorebirds

Range

Sooty Oystercatcher Range — Resident or seasonal range in Australian coasts and offshore islands

Population

≈ Unknown

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