General names
Information is based on dictionaries and other sources. Comments and corrections welcome.
In Taiwan the oyster catchers are called 蠣鴴 , or 'oyster plovers'. In Mainland China, they are known as 蠣鷸 , or 'oyster snipe'.
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Haematopus ostralegus |
Eurasian oyster-catcher Palaearctic oyster-catcher Oyster-catcher |
蠣鴴 'oyster plover' |
蠣鷸 'oyster yu' |
ミヤコドリ (都鳥) miyako-dori 'capital bird' |
ミヤコシギ (都鷸 or 都鴫) miyako-shigi 'capital shigi' |
검은머리물떼새 geomeun-meori-mul-ttesae 'black-headed water tte bird' |
Chim mò sò 'grope for oyster bird' (13) |
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Notes
Under Sibley and Monroe, the oyster-catchers belong to the Recurvirostrinae, a subfamily of the Charadriidae (the other subfamily being the Charadriinae or plovers). The Sibley-Monroe Recurvirostrinae includes what Howard and Moore treat as three separate families: the Recurvirostridae (stilts and avocets), the Haematopodidae (oyster-catchers), and the Ibidorhynchidae (ibisbills).
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