African oystercatcher / Schwarzer Austernfischer (Haematopus moquini)

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Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Haematopus (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] [more]