Haematopus ostralegus osculans

Haematopus ostralegus osculans, Nikolai Bay, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Charadrii

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Divisio: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Ordo: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Parvclassis: Neornithes Cohors: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Ordo: Charadriiformes Subordo: Charadrii

Familia: Haematopodidae
Genus: Haematopus
Species: Haematopus ostralegus
Subspecies: Haematopus ostralegus osculans

Name

Haematopus ostralegus osculans Swinhoe, 1871

Synonymy

• Haematopus osculans (protonym)

Note:

• Currently treated as a subspecies of Haematopus ostralegus, but distribution, morphology and genetics distinct (Melville et al., 2014, Senfield et al., 2020); likely to be returned to species status in near future.

References

• Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1871: 405.
• Melville et al., 2014. Conservation assessment of Far Eastern Oystercatcher Haematopus [ostralegus] osculans. International Wader Studies 20: 129-154.
• Senfield et al., 2020. Taxonomic status of the extinct Canary Islands Oystercatcher Haematopus meadewaldoi. Ibis 162: 1068-1074.

Vernacular names

English: Far Eastern Oystercatcher
svenska: Kamtjatkastrandskata

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