Title

American oystercatcher

Caption

American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus), adult, feeding on algae-covered banks at the water's edge, Turks and Caicos

Date

Oct 11, 2016

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Kevin Elsby

Reference

BRK22G52_471

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53.9Mb (2.4Mb) / 17.7in x 11.8in / 5315 x 3543 (300dpi)

Keywords

American American Oystercatcher American Oystercatchers American Pied Oystercatcher Archipelago Atlantic Atlantic Ocean Aves Bird Birds British Caribbean Caribbean Sea Caribbean island Caribbean islands Charadriiformes Great Britain Haematopodidae Haematopus palliatus No People Oystercatcher Platja Turk Turks Turks and Caicos Islands UK United Kingdom adult adult animal adult animals algae-covered animal animal behavior animal behaviour animals animals in the wild aquatic macrophyte aquatic plant aquatic plants archipelago archipelagos beach beaches behavior behaviour bird photography caribbean coast coastal area coastal areas coastal region coasts deserted eat empty fauna feed feeding forage foraging group of islands groups of islands habitat hydrophyte hydrophytic plant in Winter ingestion island islands mature matures natural environment natural environments natural habitat nature no one nobody out outdoor outdoors outside plant plants sea seabird seabirds search for food searching for food uninhabited water plant wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography winter wintery wintry British overseas territories British overseas territory Caribbean country West Indies alga algae animal feed animal feeds cover covered shorebird wader wading bird wading birds Middle America America