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American Oystercatcher

Haematopus palliatus
Temminck, CJ, 1820
Ostrero Común
Piru-piru
Family: Haematopodidae
Order: Charadriiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Records from Mar Chiquita

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Other common names: Ostrero Pardo.

Synonyms: Hamatopus palliatus.

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Latest feeding records
Feeding
GroupSpeciesDateUser
CrustaceanCangrejo de las Rocas (Cyrtograpsus angulatus)09/12/2017Hernán Tolosa



Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 672064
  Adult
Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
01/29/2026
Victor Hugo Michelini
Foto
Photography ID: 660352
  Squab
Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
11/15/2025
Edgar Romeo
Foto
Photography ID: 628078
  Adult
Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
03/24/2025
Tiago Vaggi
Foto
Photography ID: 626977
  Adult
Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/02/2025
José Luis Ianiro
Foto
Photography ID: 610460
  Adult
Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
10/27/2024
José Luis Ianiro
Foto
Photography ID: 610300
  Adult
Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
10/14/2024
José Luis Ianiro
Foto
Photography ID: 610293
  Egg
Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
10/13/2024
José Luis Ianiro
Foto
Photography ID: 610142
  Adult
Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
09/03/2024
José Luis Ianiro
Foto
Photography ID: 597135
  Adult
Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
03/10/2024
José Luis Ianiro
Foto
Photography ID: 597102
  Adult
Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
03/09/2024
José Luis Ianiro



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
244036317/02/2026ArgentinaBuenos AiresMar Chiquita, Mar Chiquita1Victor Hugo Michelini
243715416/02/2026ArgentinaBuenos AiresCelpa, Mar Chiquita2Victor Hugo Michelini
242978729/01/2026ArgentinaBuenos AiresLaguna Mar Chiquita, Mar Chiquita5Victor Hugo Michelini
242818727/01/2026ArgentinaBuenos AiresLaguna Mar Chiquita, Mar Chiquita6Victor Hugo Michelini
240812128/12/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresPastizales entre Mar chiquita y Celpa, Mar Chiquita2Victor Hugo Michelini
239321723/11/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresMar Chiquita12Victor Hugo Michelini
238820915/11/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresLaguna Mar Chiquita, Mar ChiquitaEdgar Romeo
238346401/11/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresMar Chiquita4Victor Hugo Michelini
238004318/10/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresMar Chiquita3Victor Hugo Michelini
226598624/03/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresDesembocadura del arroyo Vivoratá, Mar ChiquitaTiago Vaggi
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 15/03/2026.