List of Southern African Birds - Oystercatchers

Oystercatchers

Order: Charadriiformes. Family: Haematopodidae

The oystercatchers are large, obvious and noisy plover-like birds, with strong bills used for smashing or prising open molluscs. There are 11 species worldwide and two in Southern Africa.

  • Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
  • African Black Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini

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