A new record of the Blackish Oystercatcher, Haematopus ater ater (Vieillot and Oudart, 1825), in the Gulf of Guayaquil, Ecuador

Fernando Félix; Ben Haase

doi:10.15560/12.2.1857

Check List 12(2): e19459, doi: 10.15560/12.2.1857

A new record of the Blackish Oystercatcher, Haematopus ater ater (Vieillot and Oudart, 1825), in the Gulf of Guayaquil, Ecuador

Fernando Félix^‡, Ben Haase^‡

‡ Museo de Ballenas, Ecuador

Corresponding author: Fernando Félix ( fefelix90@hotmail.com )

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Citation: Félix F, Haase B (2016) A new record of the Blackish Oystercatcher, Haematopus ater ater (Vieillot and Oudart, 1825), in the Gulf of Guayaquil, Ecuador. Check List 12(2): 1857. https://doi.org/10.15560/12.2.1857

Abstract

We report a record of a single individual of the Blackish Oystercatcher, Haematopus ater ater (Vieillot and Oudart, 1825), photographed on 7 February 2015 in the Gulf of Guayaquil, Ecuador (02.73° S, 080.22° W). This species regularly occurs along rocky sea coasts, mainly in cold and temperate areas of South America. The record was observed during the warmest season and when an ongoing ENSO event in the Southeast Pacific has been confirmed. We discuss two potential causes for this unusual record: variability of environment conditions and population expansion from the Peruvian population.

Keywords

Blackish Oystercatcher; distribution; Ecuador, Gulf of Guayaquil; El Niño–Southern Oscillation event