Overview
The South Island oystercatcher or South Island pied oystercatcher (Haematopus finschi) is one of two common oystercatcher species found in New Zealand. Its name is often contracted to the acronym "SIPO" (rhyming with "typo"). The indigenous Māori name is tōrea. The scientific name commemorates the German ethnographer, naturalist and colonial explorer Friedrich Hermann Otto Finsch (8 August 1839 – 31 January 1917, Braunschweig).
Habitat & distribution
Habitats
TerrestrialMarine
Video
Sounds
Audio pronunciation file from the Lingua Libre project.Speaker: Robin van der Vliet
Recorder: Robin van der Vliet · CC BY-SA 4.0
References
- GBIF Auto Sync GBIF
- WoRMS / Aphia World Register of Marine Species
- Wikipedia — South Island oystercatcher Wikipedia
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