Variable oystercatcher | Neil Fitzgerald Photography

Variable oystercatcher feeding on a stranded mussel.

Scientific name: Haematopus unicolor
Common names: variable oystercatcher, black oystercatcher, torea pango, torea tai, torea, VOC
Location: Whitianga, Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand
Photo ID: 20954
Tags: At Risk, black oystercatcher, Charadriiformes, Haematopodidae, Haematopus unicolor, New Zealand, oystercatcher, Recovering, shorebird, torea, torea pango, torea tai, variable oystercatcher, VOC, wader
Albums: Birds Waders, gulls & terns Variable oystercatcher

Variable oystercatcher (8/36)