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Haematopus ostralegus

[edit] Identification

• Black above
• White below
• White wing and tail patches
• Red legs
• Strong broad red bill
• Juvenile - brown with white neck band and dull bill.

[edit] Distribution

Eurasia. Rare migrant on Greenland. Accidental vagrant to Newfoundland (several records).

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies

• H. o. ostralegus - Iceland and Scandinavia to south Europe; winters to Africa
• H. o. longipes - Russia to Siberia and south to Caspian Sea and Aral Sea
• H. o. osculans - Kamchatka Peninsula and North Korea; winters east China

[edit] Habitat

Beaches and coast in winter. Breeds in upload grassy areas.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes molluscs, mussels and earthworms.

They nest in a scrape on pebbles or the coast; 2-4 eggs are laid.

[edit] Vocalisation

[edit] References

Wikipedia

[edit] External Links