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. AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring
in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at:
http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of _the_WP15.xls. Brooks, T.
2000. Extinct species. In: BirdLife International (ed.),
Threatened birds of the world, pp. 701-708. Lynx Edicions and
BirdLife International, Barcelona and Cambridge, U.K. Sibley, C.
G.; Monroe, B. L. 1990. Distribution and taxonomy of birds of
the world. Yale University Press, New Haven, USA. Hockey (1982)
showed that this taxon was distinct from African Black
Oystercatcher H. moquini. Hockey, P. A. R. 1982. The taxonomic
status of the Canary Islands Oystercatcher Haematopus (niger)
meadewaldoi. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 102:
77-83. Collar, N. J.; Stuart, S. N. 1985. Threatened birds of
Africa and related islands: the