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- American Oystercatcher
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- American Oystercatcher
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American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus

Phil Hockey and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 22, 2017

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Recommended Citation

Hockey, P. and G. M. Kirwan (2017). American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Retrieved from Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive: https://birdsoftheworld.org/hbw/species/ameoys/1.0