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Haematopus meadewaldoi

Identification

Extinct.

Haematopus meadewaldoi

Distribution: Canary Is (Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, Graciosa); probably extinct

Description: 43 cm, all black with red eye and orange eye-ring and bill. Looks like H. moquini but has shorter wings and longer bill.

Habitat: rocky shores

Food: unknown, but probably similar to that of other oystercatchers

Status: almost certainly extinct, last record in 1913 altough there was a record of 2 birds in 1965.

Originally posted by Egretta

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