CHARADRIIFORMES: Haematopodidae

Haematopus fuliginosus  

Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus)
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© Geoff Walker 2011
Point Cartwright, QLD (Jan, 2011)

The oystercatcher pinned the shell to the rock and grabbed the hapless creature in the tip of its bill.

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