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.

Andy Trowbridge / Variable oystercatcher (Haematopus unicolor) adult pied morph in flight about to land. Ashley river, Christchurch, New Zealand. August.

Ernie Janes / Variable oystercatcher (Haematopus unicolor) on beach Abel Tasman, New Zealand, February.

Brent Stephenson / Adult Pied morph variable oystercatcher (Haematopus unicolor) with a chick on a shelly shore. Waipu Estuary, Northland, New Zealand, February.

Brent Stephenson / Juvenile Variable oystercatcher (Haematopus unicolor) on a rocky shoreline. Kaikoura, Canterbury, New Zealand,Kaikoura, Canterbury, New Zealand, January.

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.