Greg Oakley / Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus), Victoria, Australia

Ernie Janes / Sooty oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus) Tasmania, Australia.

Ernie Janes / Sooty oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus) Coles Bay, Tasmania, Australia.

Rob Drummond / Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus), Queensland, Australia

Jan Wegener / Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus), Australia

Jan Wegener / Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus), Australia

Rod Williams / Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus) on shoreline, South Queensland, Australia, March

Dave Watts / Sooty oystercatchers {Haematopus fuliginosus} on rocky coast, Australia.

Sean Crane / Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus) with crab prey, Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, Australia

Doug Gimesy / Sooty oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus) foraging among intertidal rocks, Port Philip Bay shoreline, Sandringham, Victoria, Australia.

Roland Seitre / Two Sooty oystercatchers (Haematopus fuliginosus) and two Pied oystercatchers ( Haematopus longirostris) standing on the shore, Eyre bird-observatory, Nullarbor, Western Australia.

Roland Seitre / Sooty oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus) feeding on shellfish on beach, Margaret River, Western Australia.