Scientific name:
Haematopus leucopodus
(Garnot 1826)
Haematopus – Latin; haematopus bloodfoot – from the Greek; haima blood; pous foot.
leucopodus – Greek; leukopous, leukopodos white-footed (leukos white; pous, podos foot).
Magellanic Oystercatcher Fact File
Distribution: Pacific coasts of South America, south from Chiloe Island southern Chile, to Tierra del Fuego then north along Atlantic coast, to south-central Argentina and the Falkland Islands (Las Malvinas).
Conservation Status: Least Concern
Subspecies: None – Monotypic
Current conservation efforts
None
Gallery
All photographs taken by Elis Simpson – Wader Quest