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African Oystercatcher
Sign in to saveAlso known as Haematopus moquini, African black oystercatcher
species of bird
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, African Oystercatcher is referenced by 48 other articles, and connects out to binomial nomenclature, beak and South Africa.
Vinony files it under Birds described in 1856, Birds of Africa and Birds of Southern Africa.
Its subject is documented across 31 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Least ConcernAfrican black oystercatcher
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCharadriiformes
- FamilyCharadriidae
via IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Haematopus
- Mass
- 699
- Image
- African Black Oystercatcher RWD2.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons category
- Haematopus moquini
- taxon name
- Haematopus moquini
- Commons gallery
- Haematopus moquini
- taxon common name
- afrički oštrigar
- longest observed lifespan
- 18
- litter size
- 3.88
- taxon range
- Africa
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “African Oystercatcher” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.