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South Island Oystercatcher
Haematopus finschiMartens, GH, 1897
Updated
- Order
- CHARADRIIFORMES
- Family
- Haematopodidae
- Genus
- Haematopus
At a glance
The South Island Oystercatcher, native to Australia. It can be seen year-round.
- Origin
- Native
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Very common
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The South Island oystercatcher or South Island pied oystercatcher is one of two common oystercatcher species found in New Zealand. Its name is often contracted to the acronym "SIPO". The indigenous Māori name is tōrea. The scientific name commemorates the German ethnographer, naturalist and colonial explorer Friedrich Hermann Otto Finsch.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
03 · When
When to look
When can you see a South Island Oystercatcher?
The South Island Oystercatcher is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
- Jan
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