Named for Haematopus ostralegus, or oyster catcher. {It belongs to the family of the Haematopodidae and is on the Dutch Blue List of endangered birds.} (M 33791; M 34089) _ _.
Discovered on 16-10-1977 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.