American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (40)
- Subspecies (2)
American Oystercatcher Working Group, Erica Nol, and Robert C. Humphrey
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 25, 2012
Text last updated May 25, 2012
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | garsa de mar americana |
| Croatian | američki oštrigar |
| Czech | ústřičník americký |
| Dutch | Amerikaanse Bonte Scholekster |
| English | American Oystercatcher |
| English (United States) | American Oystercatcher |
| French | Huîtrier d'Amérique |
| French (France) | Huîtrier d'Amérique |
| German | Braunmantel-Austernfischer |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Gwo Bekasin bèk jòn |
| Hebrew | שלצדף אמריקני |
| Hungarian | Amerikai csigaforgató |
| Icelandic | Fölvatjaldur |
| Japanese | アメリカミヤコドリ |
| Norwegian | amerikatjeld |
| Polish | ostrygojad brunatny |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | piru-piru |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Piru-piru |
| Russian | Американский кулик-сорока |
| Serbian | Američki ostrigar |
| Slovak | lastúrničiar hnedý |
| Slovenian | Ameriška školjkarica |
| Spanish | Ostrero Pío Americano |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Ostrero Pardo |
| Spanish (Chile) | Pilpilén común |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Ostrero Americano |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Ostrero |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Caracolero |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Ostrero Americano |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Ostrero Americano |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Ostrero Americano |
| Spanish (Panama) | Ostrero Americano |
| Spanish (Peru) | Ostrero Americano |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Ostrero |
| Spanish (Spain) | Ostrero pío americano |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Ostrero Común |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Caracolero |
| Swedish | amerikansk strandskata |
| Turkish | Amerika Poyrazkuşu |
| Ukrainian | Кулик-сорока американський |
Haematopus palliatus Temminck, 1820
PROTONYM:
Hamatopus palliatus
Temminck, 1820. Manuel d'ornithologie, ou tableau systématique des oiseaux qui se trouvent en Europe (etc.) ed.2, part 1, p.532.
TYPE LOCALITY:
South America, restricted to Venezuela by Brabourne and Chubb, Bds. South Am., 1912, p. 37.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- HAEMATOPUS
- haematopus
- palliata / palliatus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the American Oystercatcher
