Variable Oystercatcher, Haematopus unicolor.

Posted by Grahame (Mt Maunganui, New Zealand) on 15 February 2009 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.

This bird is know as Torea to the Maori and Variable Oystercatcher or Haematopus unicolor to the Pakeha.
These birds are protected and uncommon although we have a small breeding population here.

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