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oystercatcher

any shore bird of the genus Haematopus and family Haematopodidae, having a black or black-and-white plumage and a long stout laterally compressed red bill
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Charadriiformes: Haematopus ater "brujilla" con mayor frecuencia en la zona litoral aunque con pocos ejemplares debido a la falta de ambientes rocosos los que son de su preferencia (Torres 2006).
Ciento quince anos de registros de aves en Pantanos de Villa
This clam species has been identified as a key prey of the Hudsonian godwit Limosa haemastica (Lizarralde et al., 2010) and the Magellanic oystercatcher Haematopus leucopodus (Ferrari et al., 2015).
Population dynamics and secondary production of Darina solenoides (Bivalvia: Mactridae) in the Rio Gallegos Estuary, southern Patagonia
Onthophagus haematopus Harold 1875 fue la especie dominante, lo que concuerda con la literatura, donde la citan como una especie bien representada en los bosques amazonicos (Quintero & Halffter, 2009).
Variacion estacional de la comunidad de escarabajos scarabaeinae (coleoptera: scarabaeidae) de un bosque inundable Amazonico De Peru
2005) y dos individuos de Ostrero euroasiatico (Haematopus ostralegus) fueron observados en el mismo lugar por 19 anos y 15 anos consecutivos (Sage 1962).
Registro de aves con leucismo en Baja California Sur, Mexico
Abstract: The American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus palliatus) is currently listed as a species of high concern by the United States Shorebird Conservation Plan.
Circulating fat-soluble vitamin concentrations and nutrient composition of aquatic prey eaten by American oystercatchers (Haematopus palliatus palliatus) in the Southeastern United States
Our study organisms are a common intertidal prey item (the owl limpet Lottia gigantea) and its low tide (the black oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani) and high tide (the sea star Pisaster ochraceus) predators.
The effect of low tide temperature on the susceptibility of limpets to predation
1989: Nest-site selection of American oystercatchers (Haematopus palliatus) in salt marshes.--Auk 106: 185-192.
Effects of nest characteristics and black rat Rattus rattus predation on daily survival rates of great egret Ardea alba nests in mangrove forest in the Hara Biosphere Reserve, the Persian gulf
In present study, maximum observed species were Phalaerocorax carbosinensis (4395), Fulica atra (2440), Anas crecca (998), Larus michahellis (952) and Haematopus ostralegus (938).
MEASUREMENT OF DIVERSITY INDICES OF AVIAN COMMUNITIES AT TAUNSA BARRAGE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, PAKISTAN
1 1 cambeforti Genier Eurysternus 1 2 velutinus Bates Glaphyrocanthon 2 4 quadriguttatus Glaphyrocanthonx 1 quadriguttatus (Olivier) Hansreia affinis 4 3 (Fabricius) Onthophagus haematopus Harold[omicron] Onthophagus 3 4 3 rubrescens Blanchard Onthophagus xanthomerus Bates [omicron] Oxysternonx 4 2 xanthomerus Bates [omicron] Oxysternon 4 5 3 durantoni Arnaud Oxysternon 3 13 3 festivum (Linne) Oxysternon silenus Castelnau[omicron] Phanaeus bispinus Bates * Phanaeus cambeforti Arnaud[omicron] Phanaeus chalcomelas 3 1 2 (Perty) Scybalocanthon 3 3 pygidialis (Schmidt) Sulcophanaeus faunus (Fabricius)[omicron] Sylvicanthon candezei 1 (Harold) Tetramereia convexa 1 1 (Harold) * Trichocanthon 4 19 15 26 sordidus Harold Uroxys sp.
Variaciones de las agregaciones de escarabajos coprofagos (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) en dos habitats del bosque tropical en la Guayana Francesa
Australian Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris
Birds of Seal Rocks in northern Bass Strait over 40 years (1965-2005)

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