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Dark morph Variable Oystercatcher (Black Oystercatcher) (Haematopus unicolor) feeding on shellfish beds exposed at low tide, Tiritiri Matangi, Haurauki Gulf, North Island, New Zealand
Dark morph Variable Oystercatcher (Black Oystercatcher) (Haematopus unicolor) on the shore at Tiritiri Matangi, Haurauki Gulf, North Island, New Zealand
Dark morph Variable Oystercatcher (Black Oystercatcher) (Haematopus unicolor) feeding by the shore at Tiritiri Matangi, Haurauki Gulf, North Island, New Zealand
Dark morph Variable Oystercatcher (Black Oystercatcher) (Haematopus unicolor) feeding by the shore at Tiritiri Matangi, Haurauki Gulf, North Island, New Zealand
Dark morph Variable Oystercatcher (Black Oystercatcher) (Haematopus unicolor) resting on one leg on the shore at Tiritiri Matangi, Haurauki Gulf, North Island, New Zealand
Dark morph Variable Oystercatcher (Black Oystercatcher) (Haematopus unicolor) feeding by the shore at Tiritiri Matangi, Haurauki Gulf, North Island, New Zealand
Dark morph Variable Oystercatcher (Black Oystercatcher) (Haematopus unicolor) feeding by the shore at Tiritiri Matangi, Haurauki Gulf, North Island, New Zealand
Dark morph Variable Oystercatcher (Black Oystercatcher) (Haematopus unicolor) on Otama Beach, Coromandel Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand
Dark morph Variable Oystercatcher (Black Oystercatcher) (Haematopus unicolor) resting on one leg on Otama Beach, Coromandel Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand
Two Dark morph Variable Oystercatchers (Black Oystercatcher) (Haematopus unicolor) facing each other while standing on one leg, Otama Beach, Coromandel Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand: possibly pair-bonding behaviour
Two dark morph Variable Oystercatchers (Haematopus unicolor) facing each other while standing on one leg, Otama Beach, North Island, New Zealand
Pair of Dark morph Variable Oystercatchers (Black Oystercatcher) (Haematopus unicolor), Otama Beach, Coromandel Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand.
Dark morph Variable Oystercatcher (Black Oystercatcher) (Haematopus unicolor) resting on one leg on Otama Beach, Coromandel Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand
Two dark morph Variable Oystercatchers (Haematopus unicolor) displaying, Otama Beach, North Island, New Zealand
Dark morph Variable Oystercatcher (Black Oystercatcher) (Haematopus unicolor), Otama Beach, Coromandel Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand
Dark morph Variable Oystercatcher (Black Oystercatcher) (Haematopus unicolor) standing on one leg, Otama Beach, Coromandel Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand
Dark morph Variable Oystercatcher (Black Oystercatcher) (Haematopus unicolor) appearing to be watching the waves, Otama Beach, Coromandel Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand
Dark morph Variable Oystercatcher (Black Oystercatcher) (Haematopus unicolor) standing on one leg, Otama Beach, Coromandel Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand
Dark morph Variable Oystercatcher (Black Oystercatcher) (Haematopus unicolor) resting while standing on one leg on a salmon cage, Stewart & Ulva Islands, South Island, New Zealand
Dark morph Variable Oystercatchers (Black Oystercatcher) (Haematopus unicolor) roosting on Butterfield Beach, Stewart Island, South Island, New Zealand; note that they sit on the sand that has dried
Two Dark morph Variable Oystercatchers (Black Oystercatcher) (Haematopus unicolor) with kelp on Butterfield Beach, Stewart Island, South Island, New Zealand
Dark morph Variable Oystercatcher (Black Oystercatcher) (Haematopus unicolor) skipping through the surf on Butterfield Beach, Stewart Island, South Island, New Zealand
Dark morph Variable Oystercatcher (Black Oystercatcher) (Haematopus unicolor) walking rapidly along Butterfield Beach, Stewart Island, South Island, New Zealand
Two Dark morph Variable Oystercatchers (Black Oystercatcher) (Haematopus unicolor) with kelp and spray on Butterfield Beach, Stewart Island, South Island, New Zealand
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