African Black Oystercatcher
Haematopus moquini
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 3,747
- Most observed in
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The African oystercatcher or African black oystercatcher (Haematopus moquini) is a large charismatic wader resident to the mainland coasts and offshore islands of southern Africa. This oystercatcher has a population of over 6,000 adults, which breed between November and April. The scientific name moquini commemorates the French naturalist Alfred Moquin-Tandon who discovered and named this species before Bonaparte.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “African oystercatcher”.