Eurasian Oystercatcher

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Bird name: Eurasian Oystercatcher
Latin: Haematopus ostralegus
Other: Oystercatcher (UK) • Huitrier Pie (Fr) • Austernfischer (De) • Ostrero común euroasiático (Es) • Beccaccia di mare (It) • Scholekster (Nl) • Strandskata (Sv) • Ostraceiro-europeu (Pt)
Family: Haematopodidae • Oystercatchers
Range: Iceland, Eurasian and African coasts, central Asia
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A nice shot of a Eurasian Oystercatcher on the Reykjanes Peninsular in Iceland from Alexia. Below one flying by the Black Sea, on the Romania and Ukraine border.





Below, an oystercatcher in the Danube Delta, above a spit near the Black Sea.