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.

All 286

Acacia Pied Barbet ¹
Tricholaema leucomelas

Common Ostrich ²
Struthio camelus

European Bee-eater ³
Merops apiaster

Malachite Kingfisher ⁴
Corythornis cristatus

Ring-necked Dove ⁵
Streptopelia capicola

Red-eyed Dove ⁶
Streptopelia semitorquata

Laughing Dove ⁷
Streptopelia senegalensis

Speckled Pigeon ³
Columba guinea

Rock Pigeon ⁸
Columba livia

Namaqua Dove ⁹
Oena capensis

Red-faced Mousebird ¹⁰
Urocolius indicus

White-backed Mousebird ¹¹
Colius colius

Red-knobbed Coot ¹²
Fulica cristata

Blue Crane ¹³
Anthropoides paradiseus

Namaqua Sandgrouse ⁷
Pterocles namaqua

African Hoopoe ¹⁴
Upupa epops africana

Helmeted Guineafowl ²
Numida meleagris

Common Quail ¹⁵
Coturnix coturnix

Little Stint ²
Calidris minuta

Wood Sandpiper ¹⁶
Tringa glareola

Common Greenshank ¹⁷
Tringa nebularia

Marsh Sandpiper ¹⁸
Tringa stagnatilis

African Snipe ¹⁹
Gallinago nigripennis

Double-banded Courser ²⁰
Smutsornis africanus

Kittlitz's Plover ¹⁹
Charadrius pecuarius

Three-banded Plover ⁵
Charadrius tricollaris

Blacksmith Lapwing ²
Vanellus armatus

Crowned Lapwing ²¹
Vanellus coronatus

Hadeda Ibis ²²
Bostrychia hagedash

Hamerkop ³
Scopus umbretta

Grey Heron ²³
Ardea cinerea

Black-headed Heron ²⁴
Ardea melanocephala

Cattle Egret ²⁵
Bubulcus ibis

Amur Falcon ¹⁹
Falco amurensis

Lesser Kestrel ¹⁹
Falco naumanni

Greater Kestrel ¹⁴
Falco rupicoloides

Rock Kestrel ²⁶
Falco rupicolus

Little Swift ²⁷
Apus affinis

Common Swift ²⁸
Apus apus

White-rumped Swift ²⁹
Apus caffer

South African Shelduck ²⁷
Tadorna cana

Egyptian Goose ³⁰
Alopochen aegyptiaca

Secretarybird ³¹
Sagittarius serpentarius

Tawny Eagle ⁵
Aquila rapax

Black Harrier ³²
Circus maurus

Jackal Buzzard ³³
Buteo rufofuscus

Steppe Buzzard ¹⁴
Buteo buteo vulpinus

Black-winged Kite ¹⁸
Elanus caeruleus

Pale Chanting-Goshawk ³⁴
Melierax canorus

Martial Eagle ³⁵
Polemaetus bellicosus

Kori Bustard ³⁶
Ardeotis kori

Ludwig's Bustard ³⁷
Neotis ludwigii

Northern Black Korhaan ³⁸
Eupodotis afraoides

Blue Bustard ³⁹
Eupodotis caerulescens

Karoo Bustard ⁷
Eupodotis vigorsii

Great Cormorant ⁴⁰
Phalacrocorax carbo

South African Swallow ⁴¹
Petrochelidon spilodera

Common House Martin ⁴²
Delichon urbicum

White-throated Swallow ⁴³
Hirundo albigularis

Barn Swallow ⁴⁴
Hirundo rustica

Plain Martin ¹⁹
Riparia paludicola

Rock Martin ⁴⁵
Ptyonoprogne fuligula

Greater Striped Swallow ⁴⁶
Cecropis cucullata

Southern Fiscal ²
Lanius collaris

Cape Robin-Chat ²⁹
Cossypha caffra

Mountain Wheatear ⁴⁷
Oenanthe monticola

Capped Wheatear ¹⁴
Oenanthe pileata

Southern Anteater-Chat ⁴⁸
Myrmecocichla formicivora

African Stonechat ⁴¹
Saxicola torquatus

Spotted Flycatcher ⁴⁹
Muscicapa striata

Karoo Scrub-Robin ⁵⁰
Cercotrichas coryphoeus

Sentinel Rock-Thrush ⁵¹
Monticola explorator

Cape Rock-Thrush ⁴¹
Monticola rupestris

Fiscal Flycatcher ⁵²
Melaenornis silens

Familiar Chat ⁵³
Cercomela familiaris

Karoo Chat ³⁹
Cercomela schlegelii

Sickle-winged Chat ³⁹
Cercomela sinuata

Tractrac Chat ⁵⁴
Cercomela tractrac

Chat Flycatcher ¹⁹
Agricola infuscatus

Grey Tit ⁵⁵
Melaniparus afer

Ashy Tit ²⁶
Melaniparus cinerascens

House Sparrow ²
Passer domesticus

Cape Sparrow ⁵⁶
Passer melanurus

African Red-eyed Bulbul ⁵⁷
Pycnonotus nigricans

African Pied Starling ¹⁹
Lamprotornis bicolor

Cape Starling ⁵⁸
Lamprotornis nitens

Pale-winged Starling ⁵⁹
Onychognathus nabouroup

Wattled Starling ⁶⁰
Creatophora cinerea

Rufous-vented Warbler ⁵⁷
Sylvia subcaerulea

African Reed Warbler ⁵⁰
Acrocephalus baeticatus

Cape Bunting ³⁹
Emberiza capensis

Lark-like Bunting ³⁹
Emberiza impetuani

Pririt Batis ⁶¹
Batis pririt

Pin-tailed Whydah ⁶²
Vidua macroura

Common Waxbill ⁶³
Estrilda astrild

Bokmakierie ⁶⁴
Telophorus zeylonus

Cape Wagtail ⁶⁴
Motacilla capensis

African Pipit ⁶⁵
Anthus cinnamomeus

Long-billed Pipit ⁶⁶
Anthus similis

Buffy Pipit ³⁹
Anthus vaalensis

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Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3050_2500: Species List

Acacia Pied Barbet 1 Tricholaema leucomelas

Common Ostrich 2 Struthio camelus

European Bee-eater 3 Merops apiaster

Malachite Kingfisher 4 Corythornis cristatus

Ring-necked Dove 5 Streptopelia capicola

Red-eyed Dove 6 Streptopelia semitorquata

Laughing Dove 7 Streptopelia senegalensis

Speckled Pigeon 3 Columba guinea

Rock Pigeon 8 Columba livia

Namaqua Dove 9 Oena capensis

Red-faced Mousebird 10 Urocolius indicus

White-backed Mousebird 11 Colius colius

Red-knobbed Coot 12 Fulica cristata

Blue Crane 13 Anthropoides paradiseus

Namaqua Sandgrouse 7 Pterocles namaqua

African Hoopoe 14 Upupa epops africana

Helmeted Guineafowl 2 Numida meleagris

Common Quail 15 Coturnix coturnix

Little Stint 2 Calidris minuta

Wood Sandpiper 16 Tringa glareola

Common Greenshank 17 Tringa nebularia

Marsh Sandpiper 18 Tringa stagnatilis

African Snipe 19 Gallinago nigripennis

Double-banded Courser 20 Smutsornis africanus

Kittlitz's Plover 19 Charadrius pecuarius

Three-banded Plover 5 Charadrius tricollaris

Blacksmith Lapwing 2 Vanellus armatus

Crowned Lapwing 21 Vanellus coronatus

Hadeda Ibis 22 Bostrychia hagedash

Hamerkop 3 Scopus umbretta

Grey Heron 23 Ardea cinerea

Black-headed Heron 24 Ardea melanocephala

Cattle Egret 25 Bubulcus ibis

Amur Falcon 19 Falco amurensis

Lesser Kestrel 19 Falco naumanni

Greater Kestrel 14 Falco rupicoloides

Rock Kestrel 26 Falco rupicolus

Little Swift 27 Apus affinis

Common Swift 28 Apus apus

White-rumped Swift 29 Apus caffer

South African Shelduck 27 Tadorna cana

Egyptian Goose 30 Alopochen aegyptiaca

Secretarybird 31 Sagittarius serpentarius

Tawny Eagle 5 Aquila rapax

Black Harrier 32 Circus maurus

Jackal Buzzard 33 Buteo rufofuscus

Steppe Buzzard 14 Buteo buteo vulpinus

Black-winged Kite 18 Elanus caeruleus

Pale Chanting-Goshawk 34 Melierax canorus

Martial Eagle 35 Polemaetus bellicosus

Kori Bustard 36 Ardeotis kori

Ludwig's Bustard 37 Neotis ludwigii

Northern Black Korhaan 38 Eupodotis afraoides

Blue Bustard 39 Eupodotis caerulescens

Karoo Bustard 7 Eupodotis vigorsii

Great Cormorant 40 Phalacrocorax carbo

South African Swallow 41 Petrochelidon spilodera

Common House Martin 42 Delichon urbicum

White-throated Swallow 43 Hirundo albigularis

Barn Swallow 44 Hirundo rustica

Plain Martin 19 Riparia paludicola

Rock Martin 45 Ptyonoprogne fuligula

Greater Striped Swallow 46 Cecropis cucullata

Southern Fiscal 2 Lanius collaris

Cape Robin-Chat 29 Cossypha caffra

Mountain Wheatear 47 Oenanthe monticola

Capped Wheatear 14 Oenanthe pileata

Southern Anteater-Chat 48 Myrmecocichla formicivora

African Stonechat 41 Saxicola torquatus

Spotted Flycatcher 49 Muscicapa striata

Karoo Scrub-Robin 50 Cercotrichas coryphoeus

Sentinel Rock-Thrush 51 Monticola explorator

Cape Rock-Thrush 41 Monticola rupestris

Fiscal Flycatcher 52 Melaenornis silens

Familiar Chat 53 Cercomela familiaris

Karoo Chat 39 Cercomela schlegelii

Sickle-winged Chat 39 Cercomela sinuata

Tractrac Chat 54 Cercomela tractrac

Chat Flycatcher 19 Agricola infuscatus