oystercatcher

English

Two pied oystercatchers (Haematopus longirostris).

Etymology

oyster +‎ catcher

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɔɪstə.ˌkætʃə/

Noun

oystercatcher (plural oystercatchers)

Any of several black or pied coastal wading birds in the genus Haematopus that have a long red or orange bill and feed on shellfish.

Derived terms

Terms derived from oystercatcher

African oystercatcher, Haematopus moquini
American oystercatcher, Haematopus palliatus
blackish oystercatcher, Haematopus ater
black oystercatcher, Haematopus bachmani

Eurasian oystercatcher, Haematopus ostralegus
Magellanic oystercatcher, Haematopus leucopodus
pied oystercatcher, Haematopus longirostris

sooty oystercatcher, Haematopus fuliginosus
South Island oystercatcher, Haematopus finschi
variable oystercatcher, Haematopus unicolor

Translations

bird

Afrikaans: tobies
Arabic: صائد المحار‎‎
Azerbaijani: alacüllüt
Belarusian: кулікі-сарокі (kuliki-saróki), крыўковыя (kryŭkóvyja)
Breton: morbig
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蠣鷸科
Czech: ústřičník m
Danish: strandskade (da) c, tjald c
Dutch: scholekster (nl) m, f
Faroese: tjaldur (fo) n
Finnish: meriharakka (fi)
French: huîtrier (fr) m
German: Austernfischer (de) n
Icelandic: tjaldur (is) m
Irish: roilleach
Italian: ostrichiere m
Japanese: 都鳥 (ja) (みやこどり, miyakodori), ミヤコドリ (ja) (miyakodori)
Kurdish: lepkexur‎‎ (ku)
Latvian: jūras žagatas
Lithuanian: jūrinės šarkos

Low German:
German Low German: Strandhecksters, Liewen
Lule Sami: tsagán
Macedonian: власте́лица-о́стригар f (vlastélica-óstrigar)
Malayalam: കക്കകൊത്തി (kakkakotti)
Norman: mathanne f (Jersey), pie mathante f (Jersey)
North Frisian: liiwen
Northern Sami: cagan
Norwegian: tjeld m
Old Norse: tjaldr m
Polish: ostrygojad (pl) m
Portuguese: ostraceiro (pt) m
Romanian: scoicar m, ostrigar m
Russian: кули́к-соро́ка m (kulík-soróka)
Scots: chalder (Orcadian, archaic)
Scottish Gaelic: brìd-eun m, gille-brìghde m, trìlleachan m
Skolt Sami: cââǥǥan
Slovak: lastúrničiar m
Spanish: ostrero m
Swahili: kizamiachaza
Swedish: strandskata (sv) c
Turkish: poyraz kuşu (tr)
Ukrainian: кулик-сорока (kulyk-soroka)

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