- Haematopus ostralegus
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Identification
Distribution
Beaches and coasts of Eurasia. Rare migrant on Greenland. Accidental vagrant to Newfoundland (several records).
Taxonomy
Subspecies1
- H. o. ostralegus - Iceland and Scandinavia to s Europe; winters to Africa
- H. o. longipes - Russia to Siberia and south to Caspian Sea and Aral Sea
- H. o. osculans - Kamchatka Peninsula and North Korea; winters e China
Habitat
Behaviour
Bird Song
<flashmp3>Haematopus ostralegus (song).mp3</flashmp3>
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