CHARADRIIFORMES: Haematopodidae

Haematopus fuliginosus  

Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus)
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© Vik Dunis 2009
Bruny Island, TAS (Nov, 2009)

The greyer legs and bill-tip, browner plumage and duller eye-ring of the Sooty Oystercatcher on the right indicate that this is a younger bird.

Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus)

Sooty Oystercatcher (fuliginosus)

Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus)

Sooty Oystercatcher (fuliginosus)

Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus)

Sooty Oystercatcher (ophthalmicus)

Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus)

Sooty Oystercatcher (ophthalmicus)

Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus)

Sooty Oystercatcher

Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus)

Sooty Oystercatcher

Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus)

Sooty Oystercatcher

Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus)

Sooty Oystercatcher

Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus)

Sooty Oystercatcher

Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus)

Sooty Oystercatcher

Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus)

Sooty Oystercatcher

Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus)

Sooty Oystercatcher