It is a wading bird and commonly found around the coastline. It prefers rocky coastlines, but will occasionally live in estuaries. All of its feathers are black. It has a red eye, eye ring and bill, and pink legs. Immature birds have grey-brown legs, a bill tipped with brown, a browner cast to their plumage,and brown eyes. The bill, eyes and legs become red by the second year.

At a glance

Habitat Preferring rocky shores, the sooty oystercatcher
Size 42 to 52 cm long
Origin Endemic
Distribution Endemic to Australia. It is common around the Tasmanian coastline and Bass Strait islands. However it is declared Rare in South Australia and Queensland, Near Threatened in Victoria and Endangered in New South Wales
Descriptions
Distribution
Endemic to Australia. It is common around the Tasmanian coastline and Bass Strait islands. However it is declared Rare in South Australia and Queensland, Near Threatened in Victoria and Endangered in New South Wales
Habitat
Preferring rocky shores, the sooty oystercatcher
Size
42 to 52 cm long
Common Name Sooty Oystercatcher
Aliases No Known Aliases
Origin Endemic
Conservation Least Concern
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Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
SubphylumVertebrata
SuperclassGnathostomata
ClassAves
OrderCharadriiformes
FamilyHaematopodidae
GenusHaematopus
SpeciesHaematopus fuliginosus
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