Klusener Romy, Hurtado Renata, Stander Nicola, Parsons Nola J
Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB), Cape Town, South Africa.
Institute of Research and Rehabilitation of Marine Animals (IPRAM), Espírito Santo, Brazil.
Zoo Biol. 2018 Jan;37(1):54-58. doi: 10.1002/zoo.21395. Epub 2018 Jan 31.
The African oystercatcher Haematopus moquini is a near-threatened wader that is endemic to southern Africa. In the past, the species suffered a drastic decrease in nesting success due to human disturbance. We present the case report of an African oystercatcher that was hatched, hand-reared, and released in the Western Cape, South Africa. African oystercatchers are semi-altricial birds that tend to be highly sensitive to stress; as a result, strategies to minimize stress and the employment of surrogate parents and pre-release acclimatization are important to ensure post-release survival of hand-reared chicks. Considering the lack of literature on the incubation and hand-rearing of oystercatchers, this case report provides a basis for the development of hand-rearing techniques that might be useful for the protection of this and other threatened wader species.
非洲蛎鹬（Haematopus moquini）是一种近危涉禽，为非洲南部特有物种。过去，由于人类干扰，该物种的筑巢成功率大幅下降。我们在此呈现一例非洲蛎鹬的案例报告，这只蛎鹬在南非西开普省孵化、人工饲养并放归自然。非洲蛎鹬是半晚成鸟，往往对压力高度敏感；因此，尽量减少压力的策略以及使用代育亲鸟和放归前的适应性训练对于确保人工饲养雏鸟放归后的存活至关重要。鉴于缺乏关于蛎鹬孵化和人工饲养的文献，本案例报告为开发人工饲养技术提供了依据，这些技术可能有助于保护该物种及其他受威胁的涉禽物种。
