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title: "South Island Pied Oystercatcher"
description: "Haematopus finschi — Uccelli. The South Island oystercatcher or South Island pied oystercatcher (Haematopus finschi) is one of two common oystercatcher species found in New Zealand."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/south-island-pied-oystercatcher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# South Island Pied Oystercatcher

> Haematopus finschi — Uccelli. The South Island oystercatcher or South Island pied oystercatcher (Haematopus finschi) is one of two common oystercatcher species found in New Zealand.

- Scientific name: *Haematopus finschi*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 4011
- Wikidata: [Q1267686](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1267686)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4851](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4851)

## Names

- en: South Island Pied Oystercatcher
- de: Südinsel-Austernfischer
- es: Ostrero de Finsch
- fr: Huîtrier de Finsch
- nl: Finsch' scholekster
- pl: Ostrygojad nowozelandzki

## Countries with the most observations

NZ (3795), AU (27)

## Summary

The South Island oystercatcher or South Island pied oystercatcher (Haematopus finschi) is one of two common oystercatcher species found in New Zealand. Its name is often contracted to the acronym "SIPO" (rhyming with "typo"). The indigenous Māori name is tōrea. The scientific name commemorates the German ethnographer, naturalist and colonial explorer Friedrich Hermann Otto Finsch (8 August 1839 – 31 January 1917, Braunschweig).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Island_oystercatcher

## Photo

![South Island Pied Oystercatcher](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/south-island-pied-oystercatcher/medium.jpg)

Photo: zachary_d · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/296734132

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/south-island-pied-oystercatcher?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).