Canadian Oystercatcher (Haematopus meadewaldoi)
Posted on 31 December, 1950 in Extinct • Tagged with Spain (Canary Islands), family-HAEMATOPODIDAE, extinct-1950s
Year Last Seen:
1950
Comments:
This species was found in the eastern Canary Islands, but is now Extinct due to overharvesting of its invertebrate prey. It was last collected in 1913, and locally reported to be absent by the 1940s.
Habitat:
It inhabited the coastal zone where it foraged for …
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