African black oystercatcher

Description

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.The scientific name moquini commemorates the French naturalist Alfred Moquin-Tandon who discovered and named this species before Bonaparte.