Species profile
African Oystercatcher
Haematopus moquini
Quick answer
Coasts of s Africa (n Namibia to e Cape Province)
- Scientific name
- Haematopus moquini
- Family
- Haematopodidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Haematopus
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording African Oystercatcher in your journal
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Related species in Haematopodidae
- American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)
- black oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani)
- Blackish Oystercatcher (Haematopus ater)
- Canary Islands Oystercatcher (Haematopus meadewaldoi)
- Chatham Islands Oystercatcher (Haematopus chathamensis)
- Cherevychnavis umanskae (Cherevychnavis umanskae)
- Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
- Haematopus spec (Haematopus spec)