Birds · Not heard for 44 days.

Stylised portrait of a Sooty Oystercatcher

Sooty Oystercatcher

Haematopus fuliginosus

First heard here 23 Sept · last heard 23 Sept · 1 day in the last year · 1 detections on record

Hear it

A clear recording call, recorded in Australia

Peter Boesman, xeno-canto, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Trimmed to 20 seconds.

What to look for

The sooty oystercatcher is a species of oystercatcher. It is a wading bird endemic to Australia and commonly found on its coastline. It prefers rocky coastlines, but will occasionally live in estuaries. All of its feathers are black. It has a red eye, eye ring and bill, and pink legs.

Read more on Wikipedia (Sooty oystercatcher)

Photograph of a Sooty Oystercatcher
Photo: JJ Harrison (https://tiny.jjharrison.com.au/t/MYSZyn8jStDTY47t), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

When it has been heard

Detections per day, last 30 days. Heard on 0 of them.
018 Oct: 0 detections9 Oct: 0 detections10 Oct: 0 detections11 Oct: 0 detections12 Oct: 0 detections13 Oct: 0 detections14 Oct: 0 detections15 Oct: 0 detections16 Oct: 0 detections17 Oct: 0 detections18 Oct: 0 detections19 Oct: 0 detections20 Oct: 0 detections21 Oct: 0 detections22 Oct: 0 detections23 Oct: 0 detections24 Oct: 0 detections25 Oct: 0 detections26 Oct: 0 detections27 Oct: 0 detections28 Oct: 0 detections29 Oct: 0 detections30 Oct: 0 detections31 Oct: 0 detections1 Nov: 0 detections2 Nov: 0 detections3 Nov: 0 detections4 Nov: 0 detections5 Nov: 0 detections6 Nov: 0 detections8 Oct23 Oct6 Nov018 Oct: 0 detections9 Oct: 0 detections10 Oct: 0 detections11 Oct: 0 detections12 Oct: 0 detections13 Oct: 0 detections14 Oct: 0 detections15 Oct: 0 detections16 Oct: 0 detections17 Oct: 0 detections18 Oct: 0 detections19 Oct: 0 detections20 Oct: 0 detections21 Oct: 0 detections22 Oct: 0 detections23 Oct: 0 detections24 Oct: 0 detections25 Oct: 0 detections26 Oct: 0 detections27 Oct: 0 detections28 Oct: 0 detections29 Oct: 0 detections30 Oct: 0 detections31 Oct: 0 detections1 Nov: 0 detections2 Nov: 0 detections3 Nov: 0 detections4 Nov: 0 detections5 Nov: 0 detections6 Nov: 0 detections8 Oct23 Oct6 Nov

Busiest day so far: Wednesday 23 September, 1 detections between 4:52pm and 4:52pm.

Time of day

When it calls, last 30 days. Darker is busier.

Busiest around 4pm. From 1 day with hourly counts.

DayHeardFirstLastPeak confidence
23 Sept14:52pm4:52pm72%

Detections are automatic and can be wrong.