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Overview
Black Oystercatcher: Large stocky brown-black shorebird with long,bright orange bill and glaring yellow eyes with contrasting orange eye ring. The legs and feet are pink. Feeds primarily on limpets and other shellfish, also eats mussels and marine worms. Rapid direct flight with shallow wing beats.
Range and Habitat
Black Oystercatcher: Favors outer coastlines and rocky headlands from Alaska to Baja California. May use tidal mudflats during winter.
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Sandpiper-like Body
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Interesting Facts
The Black Oystercatcher can live for more that 15 years.
Migrating only short distances or not at all, they are permanent residents of their breeding range.
Although they don’t swim, chicks will sometimes dive under water to avoid predators.
A group of oystercatchers are collectively known as a "parcel" of oystercatchers.
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Author
Gary Owen Dick
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