American Oystercatcher
Haematopus palliatus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyHaematopodidae (Oystercatchers)
- GenusHaematopus (Oystercatchers)
- SpeciesHaematopus palliatus (American Oystercatcher)
Closest Relatives at Piedras Blancas National Park
Northern Jacana
Jacana spinosa
Southern Lapwing
Vanellus chilensis
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Whimbrel
Numenius hudsonicus
Willet
Tringa semipalmata
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Royal Tern
Thalasseus maximus
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis
Wilson's Snipe
Gallinago delicata
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of American Oystercatcher at Piedras Blancas National Park — 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