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Magellanic oystercatcher (Haematopus leucopodus)

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Magellanic oystercatcher eggs in sand

© Michel Gunther / Biosphoto
Magellanic oystercatcher nest and eggs

© David Hosking / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Magellanic oystercatcher chick nestled amongst mussels

© Laurent Demongin
Adult Magellanic oystercatcher

© Ben Osborne / naturepl.com
Adult Magellanic oystercatcher

© Hanne & Jens Eriksen / naturepl.com
Magellanic oystercatcher walking

© Graham Robertson / www.ardea.com
Magellanic oystercatcher walking on white sand beach

© David Hosking / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Magellanic oystercatcher wading in shallows

© Gabriel Rojo / naturepl.com
Magellanic oystercatcher taking off at sea shore

© Dickie Duckett / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Adult Magellanic oystercatcher in flight

© Roger Tidman / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Magellanic oystercatcher landing on sandy moor

© Sylvain Cordier / Biosphoto
Magellanic oystercatcher feeding

© David Hosking / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Magellanic oystercatcher feeding in mudflat

© Ben Osborne / naturepl.com
Magellanic oystercatcher feeding on bivalve

© McDonald Wildlife Photog. / Animals Animals
Magellanic oystercatcher preening feathers

© Jean-Paul Chatagnon / Biosphoto
Magellanic oystercatcher roosting behaviour

© Jean-Paul Ferrero / www.ardea.com
Magellanic oystercatcher roosting

© Michel Gunther / Biosphoto
Adult Magellanic oystercatcher calling

© Malcolm Schuyl / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Magellanic oystercatcher display

© Dickie Duckett / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Adult Magellanic oystercatcher in aggressive posture towards rival

© Malcolm Schuyl / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Magellanic oystercatcher pair in courtship display

© Dickie Duckett / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Magellanic oystercatchers mating on sand

© Laurent Demongin
Magellanic oystercatcher near gull colony

© Michel Gunther / Biosphoto
Magellanic oystercatcher mobbing two striated caracaras

© Roy Smith
Magellanic oystercatcher nesting by plastic string waste

© David Hosking / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Magellanic oystercatcher in seashore habitat

© Hanne & Jens Eriksen / naturepl.com

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