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The species Canary Islands Oystercatcher is extinct. |
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- Haematopus meadewaldoi
Identification
Extinct. Status: almost certainly extinct, last record in 1913 altough there was a record of 2 birds in 1965. 43 cm, all black with red eye and orange eye-ring and bill. Looks like H. moquini but has shorter wings and longer bill.
Distribution
Canary Is (Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, Graciosa)
Taxonomy
Habitat
Habitat: rocky shores
Food: unknown, but probably similar to that of other oystercatchers
