Haematopus Linnaeus, 1758 Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.152 Haematopusostralegus Linnaeus, 1758; Type by monotypy
198. Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus Linnaeus, 1758 Original Description:HaematopusOstralegus Linnaeus, 1758 Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.152 Alternative Names: Oystercatcher IUCN: Near Threatened. SoIB: High. WLPA: Schedule-II. CMS: Appendix II.
198a. Haematopus ostralegus longipes Buturlin, 1910 [HB#360] Original Description:Haematopusostraleguslongipes Buturlin, 1910 Ornitologicheskii Vestnik 1 p.36 Taxonomy: Regional birds considered buturlini Dementiev 1941, which breeds in Turkmenistan and S Kazakhstan. Treated here as a junior synonym. Distribution: Winter: W coast from Gujarat till S Kerala; E coast from about Kakinada (Andhra) south till Toothukudi (Tamil Nadu). Rare further north in the coasts of Odisha and W Bengal. Sometimes also inland during migration. Specimens: BNHS, TNHM Notes: Satellite telemetry studies required to see if birds from the range of true longipes winter in India.
[Haematopus ostralegus osculans Swinhoe, 1871 [HB#361]] Original Description:Haematopusosculans Swinhoe, 1871 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 2 p.405 Distribution: W Bengal. Notes: May occur in W Bengal as birds likely to be this subspecies have been found in Sundarbans of Bangladesh (Chowdhury & Melville 2018, Wader Study 125 (2): 142).
