African Oystercatcher
Haematopus moquini
The African oystercatcher or African black oystercatcher 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.
- Scientific name
- Haematopus moquini
- Family
- Oystercatchers
- IUCN status
- LC