Haematopus longirostris Vieillot, 1817

The Pied Oystercatcher is black with a white breast and belly. All oystercatchers have a bright orange-red bill, eye-rings and legs and a red eye. Young birds are similar in appearance to the adults, but lack the intense red-orange colours and are brown rather than black. The Pied Oystercatcher is shy of humans and seldom allows close approach. Mostly silent when feeding but may utter a whistled 'peepapeep' or 'pleep-pleep' when in flight.