A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Haematopodidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Blackish OystercatcherHaematopus ater Vieillot, 1825 | HaematopodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| American Black OystercatcherHaematopus bachmani Audubon, 1838 | HaematopodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chatham OystercatcherHaematopus chathamensis E. Hartert, 1927 | HaematopodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| South Island OystercatcherHaematopus finschi G. H. Martens, 1897 | HaematopodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sooty OystercatcherHaematopus fuliginosus Gould, 1845 | HaematopodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Magellanic OystercatcherHaematopus leucopodus Garnot, 1826 | HaematopodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pied OystercatcherHaematopus longirostris Vieillot, 1817 | HaematopodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Canarian OystercatcherHaematopus meadewaldoi Bannerman, 1913 | HaematopodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| African OystercatcherHaematopus moquini Bonaparte, 1856 | HaematopodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus Linnaeus, 1758 | HaematopodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus Temminck, 1820 | HaematopodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Variable OystercatcherHaematopus unicolor J. R. Forster, 1844 | HaematopodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.