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Pied Oystercatcher
Haematopus longirostris · Family Haematopodidae
Haematopus longirostris
Family Haematopodidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Haematopodidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 266,026
- Countries and territories with records
- 8
About this species
This species has 266,026 occurrence records from 8 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Australia accounts for 99.9% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In Australia, this species accounts for 0.24% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Haematopus longirostris combines the genus name Haematopus with the species epithet longirostris. The Warbla app catalog lists 11 species of the genus Haematopus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Haematopus ostralegus, Haematopus palliatus and Haematopus bachmani.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 11 species of the family Haematopodidae. This species ranks 4th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Haematopus ostralegus. Its record count is 50.6% of the family average (525,581). The family Haematopodidae belongs to the order Charadriiformes, which has 340 species in the Warbla app catalog.