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The species Canary Islands Oystercatcher is extinct. |
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- Haematopus meadewaldoi
Alternative name: Canarian Oystercatcher
Identification
43 cm, all black with red eye and orange eye-ring and bill. Looks likeH. moquini but has shorter wings and longer bill.
Distribution
Canary Islands - Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, Graciosa.
Status
Status: almost certainly extinct, last record in 1913 altough there was a record of 2 birds in 1965.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Rocky shores.
Behaviour
Breeding
The single egg was laid in a scrape on the beach. It was a dull brownish grey with black, dark brown, and dark purplish splotches. Incubation took about 30 days with the young fledging about 35 days later.
Diet
The diet included invertebrates.
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Wikipedia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Canary Islands Oystercatcher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 1 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Canary_Islands_Oystercatcher
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
