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Haematopus moquini Bonaparte, 1856 
AphiaID: 212720

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Charadriiformes (Order) > Charadriidae (Family) > Haematopus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Haematopus Linnaeus, 1758
Source  basis of record: Urban, E.K., C.H. Fry & S. Keith (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London. [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch Afrikaanse zwarte scholekster  [details]
English African black oystercatcher  [details]
English African oystercatcher  [details]
English black oystercatcher  [details]
French huĂ®trier de Moquin  [details]
German Schwarzer Austernfischer  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution South Africa (country) [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
Note  Description: Length: 41 cm. Plumage: all black. Immature browner than adult. Bare parts: iris red; eyering orange; bill red with an orange tip; feet and legs purplish pink. Habitat: rocky coastal shores, coastal islands; sometimes coastal vleis and lagoons. Breed in southern Africa. <389><391><393> [details]
Images 
Haematopus moquini
Haematopus moquini
added on 2009-08-04 - author: Jost, Klaus
qualitystatus: not checked

Haematopus moquini
Haematopus moquini
added on 2009-08-04 - author: Jost, Klaus
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212720
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1998-08-22 05:35:27Z  created  Depew, Lorna
2011-04-08 06:18:06Z  checked  Adriaens, Peter
  
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  Citation: Adriaens, P. (2013). Haematopus moquini Bonaparte, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212720 on 2013-05-18
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