What is Variable oystercatcher?
{{Speciesbox | image =Variable Oyster Catcher-01.jpg | status = LC | status_ref =<ref name=IUCN>{{cite IUCN |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22693651/93417021 |publisher=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species |title=Variable Oystercatcher: ''Haematopus unicolor'' |author1=BirdLife International |accessdate=September 1, 2021 |volume= 2016 |page=e.T22693651A93417021 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693651A93417021.en}}</ref> | status_system = IUCN3.1 | taxon = Haematopus unicolor | authority = (J.R. Forster, 1844) | range_map = |synonyms= | synonyms_ref= }} [[File:Ostrero variable (Haematopus unicolor), Nueva Zelanda, 2010-12-10.jpg|thumb|Variable oyster in New Zealand]] The '''variable oystercatcher''', '''black oystercatcher,''' '''tōrea pango''', or '''tōrea tai''' (''Haematopus unicolor'') is a bird in the family [[Haematopodidae]]. It lives in [[New Zealand]].<ref name=NZB>{{cite web|publisher=New Zealand Birds|url=https://nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/Chatham-oystercatcher|accessdate=September 1, 2021|title=Variable oystercatcher: ''Haematopus unicolor'' J.R. Forster, 1844}}{{Dead link|date=December 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==Appearance== This bird has a long orange bill and thick pink legs. Female birds have longer bills than male birds. Its eyes are red with an orange circle.<ref name=NZB /> This bird does not have subspecies, but it can come in different shades of black and white and gray. Sometimes people see young variable oystercatchers and think they are [[South Island pied oystercatcher]]s, but adult variable oystercatchers are too big.<ref name=NZB /> ==Food== Variable oystercatchers eat molluscs, worms, and crustaceans, but they like [[bivalve|two-shelled molluscs]] the most. They can put their bill inside the crack between the two shells and then twist until it opens. Sometimes [[red-billed gull]]s take the variable oystercatcher's food.<ref name=NZB /> ==Breeding == Variable oystercatchers sometimes choose one partner for their whole life. So