An Unusual Oystercatcher at the Manly Wader Roost[SEQ]

["Greg & Val Clancy" <>]

Hi Laurie,

I am quite confident that your Pied Oystercatcher is not a SIPO (South 
Island Pied Oystercatcher).  Its legs are too long and its bill too short. 
The white pattern on the trailing edge of the wings is unusual but there 
seems to be a great variation in this feature in Australian Pied 
Oystercatchers.  The fact that the birds are juveniles may also account for 
the extra amount of white in the wing.  The white wing bar doesn't really 
reach the trailing edge of the wing as in a SIPO but is connected to it by 
the black and white ('zebra') markings.
Regards

Greg Clancy
Coutts Crossing
NSW