SOUTH ISLAND PIED OYSTERCATCHER

Photographed at Miranda, June 2017

1199                SOUTH ISLAND PIED OYSTERCATCHER              Haematopus finschi  

NEW ZEALAND                47

Endemic to New Zealand, most of South Island and around the coast of North Island. 46 cm. Breeds inland on riverbeds and farmland, mainly on South Island; most of the c. 80,000 birds migrate and spend Jan-Jul on estuaries of North Island or north of South Island.