| GALLERIES > BIRDS > CHARADRIIFORMES > HAEMATOPODIDAE > BLACKISH OYSTERCATCHER [Haematopus ater] 
 
 
 
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    Location: Carcass Island, Falkland IslandsGPS: -51.3S, -60.5W, elev=32' MAP   Date: January  8, 2010 ID : 7C2V7851 [3888 x 2592] | 
 
    Location: Carcass Island, Falkland IslandsGPS: -51.3S, -60.5W, elev=32' MAP   Date: January  8, 2010 ID : 7C2V7774 [3888 x 2592] |  | 
  
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The Blackish Oystercatcher (Haematopus ater) is a species of wader in the Haematopodidae family. It is found in Argentina, Chile, the Falkland Islands and Peru, and is a vagrant to Uruguay. Its natural habitat is rocky shores. 
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