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oystercatcher

oystercatcher

English

Two pied oystercatchers (Haematopus longirostris).

Noun

oystercatcher ‎(plural oystercatchers)

Any of several black or pied coastal wading birds in the genus Haematopus that have a long red or orange bill and feed on shellfish.

Derived terms

Terms derived from oystercatcher

African oystercatcher, Haematopus moquini
American oystercatcher, Haematopus palliatus
blackish oystercatcher, Haematopus ater
black oystercatcher, Haematopus bachmani

Eurasian oystercatcher, Haematopus ostralegus
Magellanic oystercatcher, Haematopus leucopodus
pied oystercatcher, Haematopus longirostris

sooty oystercatcher, Haematopus fuliginosus
South Island oystercatcher, Haematopus finschi
variable oystercatcher, Haematopus unicolor

Translations

bird

Czech: ústřičník m
Danish: strandskade (da) c, tjald c
Dutch: scholekster (nl) m, f
Faroese: tjaldur (fo) n
Finnish: meriharakka (fi)
French: huîtrier (fr) m
Icelandic: tjaldur (is) m
Japanese: 都鳥 (ja) ‎(みやこどり, miyakodori), ミヤコドリ (ja) ‎(miyakodori)
Kurdish: lepkexur (ku)
Lule Sami: tsagán
Macedonian: власте́лица-о́стригар f ‎(vlastélica-óstrigar)
Norman: mathanne f (Jersey), pie mathante f (Jersey)

Northern Sami: cagan
Norwegian: tjeld m
Old Norse: tjaldr m
Portuguese: ostraceiro (pt) m
Romanian: scoicar m, ostrigar m
Russian: кули́к-соро́ка m ‎(kulík-soróka)
Scots: chalder (Orcadian, archaic)
Scottish Gaelic: brìd-eun m, gille-brìghde m, trìlleachan m
Skolt Sami: cââǥǥan
Slovak: lastúrničiar m
Spanish: ostrero m
Swedish: strandskata (sv) c
Turkish: poyraz kuşu (tr)