Eurasian Oystercatcher / Haematopus ostralegus NT
- Synonyms European Oyster-catcher, Common Oystercatcher, Oyster-catcher, Palaearctic Oystercatcher, Eurasian oyster-catcher, Sea Pie, Northern Oystercatcher, Oystercatcher, European Oystercatcher, Pied Oystercatcher, Palaearctic oyster-catcher, Northern Pied Oystercatcher
- Old latin name for bird Haematopus osculans
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Where to see Eurasian Oystercatcher
- Breeding region Eurasia
- Breeding subregion nw, sw, c Palearctic; far ne Palearctic
- Non breeding region coastal AF, OR
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Cabo Verde
- Cameroon
- Canada
- China
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- France
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Guam
- Guernsey
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Jersey
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Libya
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Mauritania
- Mayotte
- Micronesia (Federated States of)
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palestine, State of
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
- Western Sahara
- Yemen
- Åland Islands
Eurasian Oystercatcher subspecies (4)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haematopus ostralegus buturlini | w Kazakhstan to nw Xinjiang (nw China) | to sw Asia and India | No |
| Haematopus ostralegus longipes | Ukraine to c Russia and w Siberia | to e Africa | No |
| Haematopus ostralegus osculans | coastal Kamchatka, Sea of Okhotsk (se Russia), coastal and inland n Korean Pen., ne China and Kinmen I. (off Fujian Province, e China) | to e China | No |
| Haematopus ostralegus ostralegus | Iceland to Scandinavia, nw Russia s to Iberian Pen. and Turkey | to w Africa | No |
Species Name in Other Languages
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Abkhazian | аЦаблы каұкаұ, аЦаблыкаұкаұ |
| Afrikaans | Bonttobie (Bontoestervanger), Bonttobie |
| Albanian | Laraska e detit |
| Arabic | آكل المحار, آكل المحار رهيز, محاري اوراسي |
| Armenian | [Kttsar Kachaghak ], Կտցար Կաչաղակ |
| Azerbaijani | sağsağan alacüllüt, sağsağanı cüllüt, Sağ-sağan cüllüt, Sağsağani cüllüt, sağsağanı alacüllüt |
| Bashkir | ҡыҙыл суҡышлы һайыҫҡан, ҡом һайыҫҡаны |
| Basque | Garsa de mar, Itsas mika |
| Belarusian | Крывок |
| Bengali | িআিঈমযীয় চঝনুকভায, ইউরেশীয় ঝিনুকমার |
| Breton | Pig-vor, Ar big-vor, Morbig, Morbig-Eurazia |
| Bulgarian | Стридояд |
| Catalan | Alena, Garsa de mar., Garsa de mar eurasiàtica, garsa de mar |
| Chinese | 蛎鹬, [li-yu], 蛎 鹬, [li-heng], 蠣鷸, 蠣鴴 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 蠣鴴〔歐亞蠣鴴〕, 蠣鴴, 蠣鷸 |
| Chuvash | пăра сăмса |
| Cornish | Morbyasen |
| Croatian | Oštrigar kovač, oštrigar |
| Czech | Ústricník velký, ústøièník velký, Ústričník velký, ústřičník velký |
| Danish | Strandskade |
| Dutch | Scholekster |
| Esperanto | piga hematopo, Eŭrazia hematopo, hematopo |
| Estonian | merisk |
| Faroese | Tjaldur, Gestur |
| Finnish | meriharakka |
| French | Huîtrier pie |
| Frisian | Strânljip |
| Galician | Lampareiro, gavita, Lampareiro común, Garsa de mar, Gabita |
| Georgian | ზღვის კაჭკაჭი, სირკაჭკაჭი, სირკაჭკჭი |
| German | Austernfischer |
| Greek | Στρειδοφάγος, (Ευρωπαϊκός) Στρειδοφάγος, Στρειδoφάγoς |
| Hebrew | שלצדף החוף, שלצדף |
| Hungarian | csigaforgató |
| Icelandic | Tjaldur |
| Irish | Roilleach, Gobadán |
| Italian | Beccaccia di mare paleartica, Beccaccia di mare eurasiatica, Beccaccia di mare |
| Japanese | ミヤコドリ, ミヤコシギ |
| Kazakh | Бізтұмсық, балшықшы, Сауысқан балшықшы, Қарала балшықшы, қараала шалшықшы, қараала балшықшы |
| Korean | 검은머리물떼새 |
| Latvian | Žagattārtiņš, jūras žagata |
| Lithuanian | eurazinė jūršarkė, Jūrinė šarka, Juršarke, Jūršarkė |
| Luxembourgish | Mierkréi |
| Macedonian | остригар, Властелица остригер |
| Malay | Burung Tetiram, Burung Kedidi Tiram |
| Malayalam | കടൽമണ്ണാത്തി |
| Maltese | Gallina tal-Bahar, Gallina tal-Baħar |
| Manx | Garee Breck, Bridjeen, Bridgeen |
| Maori | tōrea, Torea |
| Mongolian | алаг зарагынхан |
| Nepali | सिपी चरा |
| Northern Sami | Cagán, Cagan |
| Norwegian | tjeld, Kjell |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Tjeld |
| Persian | صدف خوار, صدفخوار |
| Polish | ostrygojad (zwyczajny), ostrygojad zwyczajny, ostrygojad |
| Portuguese | Ostraceiro, ostraceiro-eurasiático, Ostraceiro-europeu |
| Romanian | Scoicar |
| Romansh | Austrel |
| Russian | Кулик-сорока, Кулик-сорока обыкновенный, Kulik-soroka, Обыкновенный кулик-сорока |
| Serbian | Оштригар, Остригар, šareni oštrigar, Ostrigar |
| Slovak | lastúrničiar strakatý |
| Slovenian | školjkarica |
| Spanish | Ostrero Común, Ostrero de Eurasia, Ostrero, Ostrero euroasiático |
| Swahili | Kizamichaza |
| Swedish | strandskata |
| Tatar | саескансыман шөлди , саескан шөлди , шөлди-саескан |
| Thai | นกกินหอยนางรม, นกพรานหอย |
| Turkish | Poyrazkuşu, Deniz Saksağanı, İstridye Kuşu, poyraz kuşu |
| Turkmen | alahekek-çuluk |
| Ukrainian | Кулик-сорока, Пискун, кулик-сорока євразійський |
| Uzbek | зах лойхўрак |
| Vietnamese | Chim mò sò |
| Welsh | Piogen y môr, Sacr, Watryswn, Llymarchyn, Pioden fôr, Picoch, Pioden y môr, Twm pib, Bilcoch |