{"id":69169,"date":"2014-03-11T20:21:28","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T19:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/african-oystercatcher-haematopus-moquini-nt\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:16:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:16:32","slug":"african-oystercatcher-haematopus-moquini-nt","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/threatened-bird-species\/nt-near-threatened\/african-oystercatcher-haematopus-moquini-nt\/","title":{"rendered":"African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Haematopus moquini has a coastal breeding range which stretches from L\u00fcderitz, Namibia, to Mazeppa Bay, Eastern Cape, South Africa. The total population is estimated to number 5,000-6,000 individuals (T. Dodman in litt. 2002 to Wetlands International 2002), with about half occurring along the Western Cape (South Africa) coastline, half of these on its near-shore islands.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-527-69169\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-5162\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/african-oystercatcher-haematopus-moquini-nt\/d37k9516_fow.jpg\" title=\"African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini \" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini \" alt=\"African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/african-oystercatcher-haematopus-moquini-nt\/thumbs\/thumbs_d37k9516_fow.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-5148\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/african-oystercatcher-haematopus-moquini-nt\/d37k9515_fow.jpg\" title=\"African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini \" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini \" alt=\"African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/african-oystercatcher-haematopus-moquini-nt\/thumbs\/thumbs_d37k9515_fow.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-5147\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/african-oystercatcher-haematopus-moquini-nt\/haematopus-moquini-1.jpg\" title=\"African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini \" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini \" alt=\"African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/african-oystercatcher-haematopus-moquini-nt\/thumbs\/thumbs_haematopus-moquini-1.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Haematopus moquini has a coastal breeding range which stretches from L\u00fcderitz, Namibia, to Mazeppa Bay, Eastern Cape, South Africa. The total population is estimated to number 5,000-6,000 individuals (T. Dodman in litt. 2002 to Wetlands International 2002), with about half occurring along the Western Cape (South Africa) coastline, half of these on its near-shore islands. 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