Haematopus moquini (near-threatened & near endemic)
This noisy, near-threatened wader is an iconic part of South Africa’s coastline. With its all black plumage and red beak and eye-ring, this near endemic species is easy to locate as well as identify.
This dumpy wader is a common resident in front of our parent’s home in Llandudno, Cape Town and we first recorded them there in June 2010.