Scientific name:
Haematopus unicolor
(J. R. Forster 1844)
Haematopus – Latin; haematopus bloodfoot – from the Greek; haima blood; pous foot.
unicolor – Latin; unicolor plain, uniform (uni single; color colour).
Variable Oystercatcher Fact File
Distribution: Coastal New Zealand
Conservation Status: Least Concern: (NZ At Risk)
Subspecies: None – Monotypic
Current conservation efforts
None
Gallery
All photographs taken by Elis Simpson – Wader Quest