Huîtrier pie

Photo prise à Djibouti L'Huîtrier pie (Haematopus ostralegus) ou Pie de mer est la seule espèce d'huîtriers vivant en France. En milieu littoral, l'huîtrier pie est capable d'ouvrir et manger la plupart des mollusques bivalves (moules, coques, huîtres), ainsi que des gastéropodes (littorines), crevettes, crabes ou vers marins. Sur terre, il consomme des vers de terre, ou mollusques. The Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) also known as the Common Pied Oystercatcher, or (in Europe) just Oystercatcher, is a wader in the oystercatcher bird family Haematopodidae. It is the most widespread of the oystercatchers, with three races breeding in western Europe, central Eurasia, Kamchatka, China, and the western coast of Korea. No other oystercatcher occurs within this area. This oystercatcher is the national bird of the Faroe Islands, where it is called tjaldur.