South Island Pied Oystercatcher
Haematopus finschi
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 3,209
- Most observed in
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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).
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “South Island oystercatcher”.