Black oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani

Identification Tips:

• Length: 15 inches
• Large shorebird
• Bright orange, long, thick bill
• Plumage entirely black
• Pink legs
• Yellow eye
• Orange orbital ring
• Juvenile like adult but bill has dark tip and plumage is browner

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The striking black plumage, large size, and bright orange bill make this bird quite unlike any other.

Length and wingspan from: Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc.