Pied Oystercatchers
The bird labelled a South Island pied oystercatcher in our feature on the Kaipara (Forest ¢& Bird August 2001, page 17) was in fact a pied variant of the variable oystercatcher, a rare species as the story pointed out. Variable oystercatchers are generally black birds with a variable amount of white under the wings. The bird in our feature was almost fully pied, however: the difference, which we failed to notice when viewing the 35mm slide, is that the South Island pied oystercacher has a sharp contrast between its black wings and its white front, whereas the distinction between black and white on our bird was blurred. — Editor
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Forest and Bird, Issue 302, 1 November 2001, Page 3
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109Pied Oystercatchers Forest and Bird, Issue 302, 1 November 2001, Page 3
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