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Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegus · Family Haematopodidae
Haematopus ostralegus
Family Haematopodidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Haematopodidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 3,932,439
- Countries and territories with records
- 136
About this species
This species has 3,932,439 occurrence records from 136 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the Netherlands (39.3%), Sweden (13.1%), the United Kingdom (12.7%), Norway (11.3%) and Denmark (10%); together they account for 86.5% of the total. In the Netherlands, this species accounts for 2.3% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Haematopus ostralegus combines the genus name Haematopus with the species epithet ostralegus. The Warbla app catalog lists 11 species of the genus Haematopus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Haematopus palliatus, Haematopus bachmani and Haematopus longirostris.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 11 species of the family Haematopodidae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 7.5 times the family average (525,581). The family Haematopodidae belongs to the order Charadriiformes, which has 340 species in the Warbla app catalog.