Variable oystercatcher | Neil Fitzgerald Photography

Variable oystercatcher waiting out a rain shower with bill tucked under its wing but still alert to possible danger.

Author: Haematopus unicolor
Common names: variable oystercatcher, black oystercatcher, torea pango, torea tai, torea, VOC
Location: Whitianga, Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand
Photo ID: 20973
Tags: At Risk, black oystercatcher, Charadriiformes, Haematopodidae, Haematopus unicolor, New Zealand, oystercatcher, Recovering, shorebird, torea, torea pango, torea tai, variable oystercatcher, VOC, wader, Waikato Region
Albums: Birds Waders, gulls & terns Variable oystercatcher

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