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Haematopus palliatus galapagensis
Spotted on Oct 2, 2009
Submitted on Apr 2, 2011
2 Comments
Hi pkramer1940, thanks so much for your help with the species IDs! I will try my best to go through the photos and identify which island they were taken on.
Hi Rachel, thanks for place these two very good photographs within the Galapagos Biodiversity Mission. Let me suggest, though, that these birds belong to the Galapagos subspecies of the American Oystercatcher, Haematopus palliatus galapagensis. I dont believe they are Eurasian Oystercatchers, Haematopus ostralegus, as indicated. I would also be good if you could identify the place where on Galapagos the photo as taken. Judging from the color of the sand it was a beach on Rábida.... Please confirm and please join www.facebook.com/darwinfoundation to stay in touch with us.