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African Oystercatcher
Sign in to saveAlso known as Haematopus moquini, African black oystercatcher
species of bird
Species
Least ConcernAfrican black oystercatcher
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCharadriiformes
- FamilyCharadriidae
Habitatmarine
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.