🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Magellanic Oystercatcher live?

Haematopus leucopodus has 38,190 records in 6 countries and territories, from 1896 to 2026. Most records come from Argentina.

AnimaliaChordataAvesCharadriiformesHaematopodidaeHaematopus

When it is recorded

JFMAMJJASOND

Peak month: November. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Argentina 17,345
Chile 14,678
Falkland Islands 6,157
United Kingdom 8
Canada 1
Nigeria 1

Related animals

Others in the family Haematopodidae.

Eurasian Oystercatcher
Eurasian Oystercatcher
3,917,381 records
American Oystercatcher
American Oystercatcher
714,287 records
Variable Oystercatcher
Variable Oystercatcher
107,857 records
South Island Oystercatcher
South Island Oystercatcher
71,756 records
Blackish Oystercatcher
47,327 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.