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Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3050_2500: Species List

A species list of plants and animals surveyed during the Karoo BioGaps Project for Pentad 3050_2500 representative of the Eastern Upper Karoo vegetation type in the Upper Karoo Bioregion. This site is off the N9 between Colesburg and Noupoort.

Southern Rock Agama 1
Agama atra
Karoo Girdled Lizard 2
Karusasaurus polyzonus
Spotted Sand Lizard 3
Pedioplanis lineoocellata
Holub’s Sandveld Lizard
Nucras holubi
Thin-tailed Legless Skink
Acontias gracilicauda
Western Rock Skink 4
Trachylepis sulcata
Variegated Skink 5
Trachylepis variegata
Cape Thick-toed Gecko
Pachydactylus capensis
Inland Thick-toed Gecko 3
Pachydactylus oculatus
Delalande's Beaked Blind Snake 6
Rhinotyphlops lalandei
Aurora House Snake 7
Lamprophis aurora
Acacia Pied Barbet 8
Tricholaema leucomelas
Common Ostrich 9
Struthio camelus
European Bee-eater 10
Merops apiaster
Malachite Kingfisher 11
Corythornis cristatus
Ring-necked Dove 12
Streptopelia capicola
Red-eyed Dove 13
Streptopelia semitorquata
Laughing Dove 14
Streptopelia senegalensis
Speckled Pigeon 10
Columba guinea
Rock Pigeon 15
Columba livia
Namaqua Dove 16
Oena capensis
Red-faced Mousebird 17
Urocolius indicus
White-backed Mousebird 18
Colius colius
Red-knobbed Coot 19
Fulica cristata
Blue Crane 20
Anthropoides paradiseus
Namaqua Sandgrouse 14
Pterocles namaqua
African Hoopoe 21
Upupa epops africana
Helmeted Guineafowl 9
Numida meleagris
Common Quail 22
Coturnix coturnix
Little Stint 9
Calidris minuta
Wood Sandpiper 23
Tringa glareola
Common Greenshank 24
Tringa nebularia
Marsh Sandpiper 25
Tringa stagnatilis
African Snipe 26
Gallinago nigripennis
Double-banded Courser 27
Smutsornis africanus
Kittlitz's Plover 26
Charadrius pecuarius
Three-banded Plover 12
Charadrius tricollaris
Blacksmith Lapwing 9
Vanellus armatus
Crowned Lapwing 28
Vanellus coronatus
Hadeda Ibis 29
Bostrychia hagedash
Hamerkop 10
Scopus umbretta
Grey Heron 30
Ardea cinerea
Black-headed Heron 31
Ardea melanocephala
Cattle Egret 32
Bubulcus ibis
Amur Falcon 26
Falco amurensis
Lesser Kestrel 26
Falco naumanni
Greater Kestrel 21
Falco rupicoloides
Rock Kestrel 33
Falco rupicolus
Little Swift 34
Apus affinis
Common Swift 35
Apus apus
White-rumped Swift 5
Apus caffer
South African Shelduck 34
Tadorna cana
Egyptian Goose 36
Alopochen aegyptiaca
Secretarybird 37
Sagittarius serpentarius
Tawny Eagle 12
Aquila rapax
Black Harrier 38
Circus maurus
Jackal Buzzard 39
Buteo rufofuscus
Steppe Buzzard 21
Buteo buteo vulpinus
Black-winged Kite 25
Elanus caeruleus
Pale Chanting-Goshawk 40
Melierax canorus
Martial Eagle 41
Polemaetus bellicosus
Kori Bustard 42
Ardeotis kori
Ludwig's Bustard 43
Neotis ludwigii
Northern Black Korhaan 2
Eupodotis afraoides
Blue Bustard 44
Eupodotis caerulescens
Karoo Bustard 14
Eupodotis vigorsii
Great Cormorant 45
Phalacrocorax carbo
South African Swallow 46
Petrochelidon spilodera
Common House Martin 47
Delichon urbicum
White-throated Swallow 48
Hirundo albigularis
Barn Swallow 49
Hirundo rustica
Plain Martin 26
Riparia paludicola
Rock Martin 50
Ptyonoprogne fuligula
Greater Striped Swallow 51
Cecropis cucullata
Southern Fiscal 9
Lanius collaris
Cape Robin-Chat 5
Cossypha caffra
Mountain Wheatear 52
Oenanthe monticola
Capped Wheatear 21
Oenanthe pileata
Southern Anteater-Chat 53
Myrmecocichla formicivora
African Stonechat 46
Saxicola torquatus
Spotted Flycatcher 54
Muscicapa striata
Karoo Scrub-Robin 55
Cercotrichas coryphoeus
Sentinel Rock-Thrush 56
Monticola explorator
Cape Rock-Thrush 46
Monticola rupestris
Fiscal Flycatcher 57
Melaenornis silens
Familiar Chat 58
Cercomela familiaris
Karoo Chat 44
Cercomela schlegelii
Sickle-winged Chat 44
Cercomela sinuata
Tractrac Chat 59
Cercomela tractrac
Chat Flycatcher 26
Agricola infuscatus
Grey Tit 60
Melaniparus afer
Ashy Tit 33
Melaniparus cinerascens
House Sparrow 9
Passer domesticus
Cape Sparrow 61
Passer melanurus
African Red-eyed Bulbul 62
Pycnonotus nigricans
African Pied Starling 26
Lamprotornis bicolor
Cape Starling 63
Lamprotornis nitens
Pale-winged Starling 64
Onychognathus nabouroup
Wattled Starling 65
Creatophora cinerea
Rufous-vented Warbler 62
Sylvia subcaerulea

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