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Title should be "Pied Oystercatcher"? --Glen Fergus 05:15, 24 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

File:Pied Oystercatcher on beach.jpg to appear as POTD soon

Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Pied Oystercatcher on beach.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on August 1, 2010. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2010-08-01. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :) Thanks! howcheng {chat} 22:32, 31 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris) is a wader native to Australia, where they can be found on sandy coastlines feeding on various bivalve molluscs, but not actually oysters, which are found mostly on rocky shorelines. This oystercatcher species is easily recognized by the characteristic 5–8 cm (2–3 in) long orange-red beak, slender pink legs and black and white plumage.Photo: Fir0002

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File:Haematopus longirostris - Austins Ferry.jpg to appear as POTD

Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Haematopus longirostris - Austins Ferry.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on February 5, 2013. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2013-02-05. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. Thanks! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:27, 2 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Two Pied Oystercatchers (Haematopus longirostris) in Tasmania; the one on the left is feeding on a small mussel. Although known as oystercatchers, they rarely feed on oysters.Photo: JJ Harrison

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