🐦Eurasian Oystercatcher
L'Huîtrier pie (Haematopus ostralegus), aussi appelé Pie de mer, est une espèce d'oiseaux Charadriiformes de la famille des Haematopodidae. Seul huîtrier vivant en Europe, il est très reconnaissable à son plumage noir sur le dessus et blanc sur le dessous et à son long bec orange vif. Mesurant environ 40 cm de long et 80 cm d'envergure, il présente un léger dimorphisme sexuel, les femelles étant souvent un peu plus imposantes que les mâles, avec un bec plus long et fin. Le bec de l'Huîtrier pie a fait l'objet de nombreuses études : sa croissance rapide et sa forme sont étroitement corrélées à son régime alimentaire. Un bec long et fin signale un individu qui se nourrit principalement de vers marins et de petits coquillages, tandis qu'un bec émoussé signale un individu qui se nourrit de gros coquillages martelés, d'autres individus enfin possédant des formes intermédiaires.
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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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