🐦Eurasian Oystercatcher
Der Austernfischer (Haematopus ostralegus) ist eine Vogelart aus der Ordnung der Wat-, Möwen- und Alkenvögel (Charadriiformes) und der Gattung der Austernfischer. Er gilt als einer der charakteristischsten Vögel der Nordseeküste. Seine größte Verbreitung in Europa hat er im Wattenmeer und dem küstennahen Binnenland der Nordsee, wo er auch die scherzhafte Bezeichnung Halligstorch trägt. Aufgrund seines schwarz-weißen Gefieders wird der Austernfischer in vielen Sprachen namentlich mit der Elster in Verbindung gebracht, so auf Finnisch als Meriharakka (See-Elster), auf Dänisch als Strandskade (Strand-Elster), auf Niederländisch als Scholekster (Schollen-Elster) oder auf Russisch als Кулик-сорока (Kulik-soroka, Schnepfen-Elster).
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2019.
- Body mass
- 0.53 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 43 years
Everything we know about the Eurasian Oystercatcher
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.53 kgAVONETOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 0.48 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Tail length0.11 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Wing length0.25 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Beak length0.08 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Tarsus length0.05 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan43 yearsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
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Trophic levelCarnivoreAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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HabitatCoastalAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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LifestyleTerrestrialAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Danger to humansharmlessSeaLifeBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0.5 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Eurasian Oystercatcher yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classAves
- ›orderCharadriiformes
- ›familyHaematopodidae
- ›genusHaematopus
- ›speciesHaematopus ostralegus
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- familyHaematopodidae
- genusHaematopus
All 11 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- familyHaematopodidae
- genusHaematopus
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