Sooty puppet's name. He would later be joined by other puppet glove characters, including Sweep (a dog who communicates by a saxophone reed type squeak), Soo (a shy and sweetly spoken panda), Kipper (a cat), Butch (another dog who occasionally plays the part of a villain), Ramsbottom (a snake), 'Enry the Robot, Cousin Scampi (another bear, who is Sooty's cousin), Miki (another cat - this time Brazilian) and Maggie Mouse. Like Sooty, Scampi appears to talk only in a very light whisper which can be heard only when someone puts their ear close to his mouth. Matthew Corbett, the son of
Sooty oystercatcher Sooty oystercatcher The sooty oystercatcher ("Haematopus fuliginosus") is a species of oystercatcher. It is a wading bird endemic to Australia and commonly found on its coastline. It prefers rocky coastlines, but will occasionally live in estuaries. All of its feathers are black. It has a red eye, eye ring and bill, and pink legs. John Gould described the sooty oystercatcher in 1845. Its species name is the Latin adjective "fuliginosus", "sooty". Two subspecies are recognised, the nominate from the coastline of southern Australia and subspecies "ophthalmicus" from northern Australia. The southern subspecies is larger and heavier than the northern. The