#1412 · 🐦 birds
Black Oystercatcher
🇳🇱 Noord-Amerikaanse Zwarte Scholekster ·Haematopus bachmani
🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe
📍 Franklin Point, San Mateo County
📍 Jefferson County, WA, USA
📍 Capital, BC, Canada
📍 Boiler Bay, Lincoln County, OR, USA
📍 Jefferson County, WA, USA
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Mike Baird · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Donna Pomeroy · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Donna Pomeroy · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Kat · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © BJ Stacey · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Franklin Point, San Mateo County:© Leslie Flint · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 7. Jefferson County, WA, USA:© Mara Christensen · CC BY 4.0
- 8. Capital, BC, Canada:© cassiia · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Boiler Bay, Lincoln County, OR, USA:© Adam Schneider · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Jefferson County, WA, USA:© Wendy Feltham · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The black oystercatcher ( Haematopus bachmani ) is a conspicuous black bird found on the shoreline of western North America. It ranges from the Aleutian Islands of Alaska to the coast of the Baja California peninsula.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 23,195 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs only about 681 g.
- Scientifically named by John James Audubon in 1838 (188 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Black Oystercatcher
- Nederlands
- Noord-Amerikaanse Zwarte Scholekster
- scientific name
- Haematopus bachmani
- class
- Aves
- order
- Charadriiformes
- family
- Haematopodidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 23,195
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- 681 g
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1838 by John James Audubon
relatives· Haematopodidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 4838, Wikidata Q576024, GBIF 2480272, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.