African Oystercatcher (Haematopus moquini)
About the African Oystercatcher
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.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 16 recordings for this species: 2 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Namibia, South Africa in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusrecording
- Variable OystercatcherHaematopus unicolorrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.