African Black Oystercatcher

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the African Black Oystercatcher at stays in or beside Goukamma Nature Reserve, Table Mountain National Park, Tsitsikamma National Park, Garden Route National Park, iSimangaliso Wetland Park and Keurbooms River Nature Reserve and other reserves. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.

The African Black Oystercatcher is most recorded in Western Cape (84% of records), Eastern Cape (11% of records), KwaZulu-Natal (5% of records), based on 4,317 iNaturalist observations. 35 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the African Black Oystercatcher on site or nearby.

The African Black Oystercatcher is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, these are the best seasons they give. Goukamma Nature Reserve: year-round, warm Oct-Apr; Table Mountain National Park: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct; Tsitsikamma National Park: Apr-Sep; Garden Route National Park: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

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 near-threatened oystercatcher has a population of over 6,000 adults, which breed between November and April.