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Blackish Oystercatcher

Haematopus ater
Vieillot, LJP, 1825
Ostrero Negro
Family: Haematopodidae
Order: Charadriiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 666498
  Adult
Puerto Deseado
Santa Cruz
Argentina
12/15/2025
Hernán Tolosa
Foto
Photography ID: 427503
♂ ♀  Adult
Área Natural Protegida Península Valdés
Chubut
Argentina
12/27/2020
Hernán Tolosa
Foto
Photography ID: 179822
  Adult
Reserva Natural Punta Loma
Chubut
Argentina
12/08/2016
Hernán Tolosa
Foto
Photography ID: 123457
  Adult
Tapera de López
Buenos Aires
Argentina
10/31/2015
Hernán Tolosa
Foto
Photography ID: 123456
  Adult
Tapera de López
Buenos Aires
Argentina
10/31/2015
Hernán Tolosa



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
243838520/12/2025ArgentinaSanta CruzParque Nacional Monte León, Parque Nacional Monte LeónHernán Tolosa
241254118/12/2025ArgentinaSanta CruzIsla Pingüino, Puerto DeseadoHernán Tolosa
241282915/12/2025ArgentinaSanta CruzDesagüe de Carsa, Puerto DeseadoHernán Tolosa
241251514/12/2025ArgentinaSanta CruzRia Puerto Deseado, Puerto DeseadoHernán Tolosa
221449814/12/2024ArgentinaChubutÁrea Natural Protegida Punta TomboHernán Tolosa
155036503/02/2022ArgentinaSanta CruzParque Nacional Monte LeónHernán Tolosa
155040402/02/2022ArgentinaSanta CruzPuerto San JuliánHernán Tolosa
155014131/01/2022ArgentinaSanta CruzPuerto DeseadoHernán Tolosa
134354428/12/2020ArgentinaChubutÁrea Natural Protegida Península ValdésHernán Tolosa
134239227/12/2020ArgentinaChubutPunta Pirámides, Área Natural Protegida Península ValdésHernán Tolosa
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Blackish Oystercatcher (Haematopus ater) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 18/03/2026.