Família
Oystercatchers
Haematopodidae
11 espécies com página no Motmot.
Ordem: Charadriiformes
The oystercatchers are a group of waders forming the family Haematopodidae, which has a single genus, Haematopus. They are found on coasts worldwide apart from the polar regions and some tropical regions of Africa and South East Asia. The exceptions to this are the Eurasian oystercatcher, the South Island oystercatcher, and the Magellanic oystercatcher, which also breed inland, far inland in some cases.
Espécies desta família
- blackish oystercatcher Haematopus ater
- black oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- chatham islands oystercatcher Haematopus chathamensis
- south island oystercatcher Haematopus finschi
- sooty oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus
- magellanic oystercatcher Haematopus leucopodus
- pied oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris
- ostraceiro-preto Haematopus moquini
- ostraceiro Haematopus ostralegus
- piru-piru Haematopus palliatus
- variable oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor