BirdUp · Species
South Island Oystercatcher
Haematopus finschiMartens, GH, 1897
Native
- Order
- CHARADRIIFORMES
- Family
- Haematopodidae
- Genus
- Haematopus
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
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
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Inland South I. (New Zealand)
- Non-breeding range
- To coastal North and Stewart is. (New Zealand)
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
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- Aug
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- Nov
- Dec
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