Oystercatchers (Haematopodidae)
African Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus moquini) - HBW 3, p. 322
French: Huîtrier de Moquin
German: Schwarzer Austernfischer
Spanish: Ostrero Negro Africano
Other common names: African Oystercatcher, Black Oystercatcher(!)
Taxonomy: Haematopus moquini Bonaparte, 1856, Cape of Good Hope.
Has been considered conspecific with H. meadewaldoi or with H. ostralegus, or both. Monotypic.
Distribution: N Namibia S to Cape of Good Hope and E to E Cape Province, South Africa. Species recorded NE to KwaZulu-Natal and N to 12° S in Angola (Lobito), but only as vagrant.
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adult finds a mussel, picks the flesh out of the shell and swallows it Locality Lüderitz Nest Hotel, Lüderitz, Karas Region, Namibia
Stefan_Thiel 28 September 2010 20 weeks ago 27 sec 4.5 -
Bathing bird Locality De Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Roland Bischoff 16 October 2011 8 weeks ago 48 sec 4.2 -
Two adults walking along the shore Locality Yzerfontein, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Francesc Capdevila i Torr... 19 October 2002 8 years ago 17 sec 4.1 -
A bird on the beach, walking and searching for food Locality Struisbaai, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 6 October 2004 5 years ago 23 sec 4.1 -
An adult flying to stop next to another adult and then both start walking Locality Yzerfontein, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Francesc Capdevila i Torr... 19 October 2002 8 years ago 21 sec 4 -
An adult feeding on the rocks Locality Yzerfontein, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Francesc Capdevila i Torr... 19 October 2002 8 years ago 27 sec 3.4
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Adult incubating on the beach at Koppie Alleen.
Locality De Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Martin Flack 28 October 2011 10 weeks ago 3.8 -
A pair at Tsaarsbank.
Locality West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Martin Flack 20 October 2011 10 weeks ago 3.7 -
Pair resting on a rock
Locality De Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Roland Bischoff 4 November 2000 33 weeks ago 3.6 -
Adult at Tsaarsbank.
Locality West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Martin Flack 20 October 2011 10 weeks ago 3.4 -
An adult near the seashore.
Locality Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Carmelo López 9 October 2003 1 year ago 2.3 -
Two birds on a lagoon shore
Locality Lüderitz, Karas Region, Namibia
Aleix Comas 20 August 2007 2 years ago 2
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