African Oystercatcher

Haematopus moquini

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Haematopodidae
Genus
Haematopus
eBird Code
afroys1

Distribution

coasts of southern Africa (northern Namibia to eastern Cape Province)

Vocalizations

Shaun Swanepoel · CC_BY_4_0

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.