
%0 Journal Article
%A Newman, M 
%T Pied Oystercatcher Breeding at Mortimer Bay, Tasmania
%J Emu
%D 1992/04/01
%V 92
%N 2
%P 87-92
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/MU9920087
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MU9920087 
%X Observations on eight pairs of Pied Oystercatchers Haematopus ostralegus longirostris at Mortimer Bay provide information on breeding success and adult survival. The species is long-lived but the low annual adult mortality is offset by low breeding success. Compared with other populations, the Australian race is characterised by a relatively small clutch size, a long incubation period, a long interval between hatching and flying and a very high age at first breeding. I suggest that breeding territories are at a premium, and that many sites are only marginal. 
