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Vik's Gallery: Sooty Oystercatcher (1/3)
CHARADRIIFORMES: Haematopodidae
Haematopus fuliginosus
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© Vik Dunis 2009
Bruny Island, TAS (Nov, 2009)
The southern race (fuliginosus) of Sooty Oystercatcher can be distinguished by the red eye-ring. The northern race (ophthalmicus) has a yellow eye-ring.
The Pied Oystercatchers on Bruny Island were far more common than Sooty Oystercatchers. We found these at Cloudy Bay.
Sooty Oystercatcher (fuliginosus)
Sooty Oystercatcher (fuliginosus)
Sooty Oystercatcher (ophthalmicus)