Haematopus ostralegus meadewaldoi (Bannerman, 1913:33)
Canarian black oystercatcher, Canary Islands oystercatcher; Meade-Waldo’s black oystercatcher
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Haematopus meadewaldoi (Bannerman, 1913:33); Haematopus niger meadewaldoi (Bannerman, 1913:33); Haematopus niger meade-waldoi Bannerman, 1913:33 (original combination)
Although now invariably treated as a full species, new DNA sequencing has shown that it is nested within the Eurasian Oystercatcher (H. ostralegus) (Senfeld et al., Accepted). Thus it is either a valid subspecies or a colour morph. I have therefore taken the conservative position that it represents a recently extinct subspecies.
Conservation Status
Extinct or invalid
Last record: 1913 (1940's?); 1940 (Kittelberger et al., 2024)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Fuerteventura and Lanzarote (and their offshore islets), Canary Islands, North Africa (Spain politically)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Bannerman, David Armitage. (1913). Exhibition and description of a new subspecies of oystercatcher (Haematopus niger meade-waldoi) from the Canary Islands. Bull. B. O. C. 31: 33-34.
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