Scientific name:
Haematopus finschi
(Martens 1897)
Haematopus – Latin; haematopus bloodfoot – from the Greek; haima blood; pous foot.
finschi – After Professor Dr Friedrich Hermann Otto Finsch (1839-1917).
South Island Pied Oystercatcher Fact File
Distribution: Coastal and inland South Island, New Zealand, winters also on North Island coasts.
Conservation Status: Least Concern: (NZ At Risk)
Subspecies: None – Monotypic
Current conservation efforts
None
Gallery
All photographs taken by Elis Simpson – Wader Quest