American Oystercatcher
Haematopus palliatus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyHaematopodidae (Oystercatchers)
- GenusHaematopus (Oystercatchers)
- SpeciesHaematopus palliatus (American Oystercatcher)
Closest Relatives at Lago de Yojoa
Northern Jacana
Jacana spinosa
Black-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
Southern Lapwing
Vanellus chilensis
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos
Royal Tern
Thalasseus maximus
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of American Oystercatcher at Lago de Yojoa — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there