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The Oyster Catcher is walking along the beach in the water

$Taxon name: Black Skimmer\nTaxon scientific name: Rynchops niger\nLocation: Lido Beach, Sarasota, Florida$

Black Skimmer Fort De Soto Park Florida USA

American oystercatcher, haematopus palliatus, Galápagos Islands.

Close-up of American Oystercatcher with bands on legs walking on protected beach at Cape May Point State Park

Black Skimmer (rynchops niger) with two downy chicks on a white sandy beach. Selective focus on the first chick.

Oystercatcher catchers on sand in New Zealand

A flock of Dunlins (sandpiper) fly to their next beach feeding area at Boundary Bay, Delta, British Columbia, Canada,

A couple of pied oystercatchers walking on a white sandy beach.

$Taxon name: Black Skimmer\nTaxon scientific name: Rynchops niger\nLocation: Lido Beach, Sarasota, Florida$

A black skimmer flying low over the Gulf of Mexico near Homosassa, Florida in early November.

The black skimmer is a very unique species with very distinct features such as its beak and its method of hunting. While the bird stays above water, its very long lower mandible stays underwater as it glides just over the surface and cuts through the water. The skimmer is the only bird with a beak that is longer on the bottom half, but this feature is necessary for its skimming method of hunting. Here, the bird's body is illuminated by the glow of the sunset as it cuts a straight line through the water. Its wings are beautifully spread wide open as its figure reflects across the pondwater.

American Oyster Catcher Bird nesting on the beach in Galapagos

American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)

Oyster catcher (Haematopus unicolor) explores sandy beach, North Island

A Sand Plover bird perched atop the shoreline of a sandy beach

$Taxon name: Eastern Hooded Plover\nTaxon scientific name: Thinornis cucullatus cucullatus\nLocation: Tasmania, Australia$

South Island Oystercatcher - Haematopus finschi - torea in maori, one of the two common oystercatchers found in New Zealand, black and white wading bird on the beach.

Catching and feeding on a sandworm at the beach in the Bay of Fires Conservation Area

Magellanic Oystercatcher (Haematopus leucopodus) on the coast of Sea Lion Island on the Falkland Islands.

A Pied Wagtail on Portmarnock beach Ireland

oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) with a crab, Sanibel Island, Florida

Snettisham spectacular, waders beside the lagoon at Snettisham at high tide. Oystercatcher and Mediterranean gulls at sunset.

Magellanic Oystercatcher (Haematopus leucopodus) adult with a freshly caught worm on Carcass Island in the Falklands.

$Measures 38 centimeters long. Adults have long pink legs, a long black beak and an extensive white stripe that extends across the lower abdomen, neck and part of the head, which has a black upper part, as well as the nape and back. The legs alone measure around 16 cm and, when the bird flies, they are arranged longitudinally in relation to the body. It has habits and behaviors similar to those of the white-backed stilt (Himantopus melanurus), from which it differs in its black back.\nAccording to Hayman et al. (1986), is a species that presents sexual dimorphism. The adult male has a uniform black mantle and wings. The adult female has a brownish mantle and back, contrasting with the black of her neck.$

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