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Haematopus palliatus (American Oystercatcher)

Synonyms: Haematopus sulcatus; Palostralegus sulcatus
Language: French; Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

The American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus), occasionally called the American pied oystercatcher, is a member of family Haematopodidae. The bird is marked by its black and white body and a long, thick orange beak. This shorebird is approximately 19 inches (42 – 52 cm) in length.
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Infraspecies

Haematopus palliatus galapagensis
Haematopus palliatus palliatus (American oystercatcher)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
20
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 6.89406
EDGE Score: 2.06611
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.29 lbs (585 g)
Birth Weight [3]  37 grams
Female Weight [5]  1.407 lbs (638 g)
Male Weight [5]  1.25 lbs (567 g)
Weight Dimorphism [5]  12.5 %
Breeding Habitat [2]  Beaches and estuaries
Wintering Geography [2]  Widespread Coastal
Wintering Habitat [2]  Beaches and estuaries
Diet [4]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates [4]  100 %
Forages - Ground [4]  100 %
Clutch Size [3]  2
Clutches / Year [3]  1
Fledging [1]  30 days
Global Population (2017 est.) [2]  74,000
Incubation [3]  27 days
Mating System [6]  Monogamy
Maximum Longevity [3]  17 years
Wing Span [7]  34 inches (.87 m)
Female Maturity [3]  3 years
Male Maturity [3]  3 years

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Altamaha River Delta USA A1, A4i
Barrier Island and Lagoon System USA A1, A4i    
Reserva de Biosfera Albufera de Mar Chiquita Argentina A1, A4i, A4iii

Biodiversity Hotspots

Habitat Vegetation Classification

Name Location  Website 
North Atlantic Coast Estuarine Intertidal Mudflats United States (New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island)

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External References

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Citations

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♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 4Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 5Nol, E. and RC Humphrey. 1994. ... In The Birds of North America No. 82 (A. Poole and F. Gill, Eds.), The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; The American Ornithologist's Union, Washington, DC
♦ 6Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 7On the allometry of wings, Enrique Morgado, Bruno Günther and Urcesino Gonzalez, Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 60: 71-79, 1987
♦ 8del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 9Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0