American Oystercatcher x Blackish Oystercatcher

American Oystercatcher x Blackish Oystercatcher hybrid, Puerto Pirámides (Chubut, Argentina), 26th October 2006 - copyright Vince Smith

(photo ID: 2091)

I am not sure how frequent this hybrid is, but it would be a hard job to separate it from an American Oystercatcher x Black Oystercatcher hybrid.  Fortunately the ranges of Black and Blackish Oystercatchers are fairly well separated so hopefully we won't have to answer that one!

American Oystercatcher x Blackish Oystercatcher hybrid (same bird as in photo ID 2091 above), Puerto Pirámides (Chubut, Argentina), 26th October 2006 - copyright Vince Smith

(photo IDs: 2092-2094)

American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
Blackish Oystercatcher Haematopus leucopodus