African oystercatcher (Haematopus moquini)
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Wikipedia: African oystercatcher Source: OTHER African_Black_Oystercatcher_%282%29.JPG
Classification: Genus Haematopus; Family Oystercatchers (Haematopodidae)
General:
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 near-threatened oystercatcher has a population of over 6,000 adults, which breed between November and April.[9] The scientific name moquini commemorates the French naturalist Alfred Moquin-Tandon who discovered and named this species before Bonaparte.[10]
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