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Vik's Gallery: Sooty Oystercatcher (2/3)
CHARADRIIFORMES: Haematopodidae
Haematopus fuliginosus
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© Vik Dunis 2009
Bruny Island, TAS (Nov, 2009)
The greyer legs and bill-tip, browner plumage and duller eye-ring of the Sooty Oystercatcher on the right indicate that this is a younger bird.
Sooty Oystercatcher (fuliginosus)
Sooty Oystercatcher (fuliginosus)
Sooty Oystercatcher (ophthalmicus)