Family: Haematopodidae (Oystercatchers)

Authority: Bannerman, 1913

Red List Category

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Justification of Red List category
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.

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Country endemic: No

Attributes
Land-mass type - oceanic island
Realm - Palearctic
IUCN Ecosystem -- Marine biome