Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3055_2540: Species List

A species list of plants and animals surveyed during the Karoo BioGaps Project for Pentad 3055_2540 representative of the Karoo Escarpment Grassland vegetation type in Dry Highveld Grassland Bioregion. This site is near the R390 between Steynsberg and Venterstad.

All 311

Chinspot Batis ¹
Batis molitor

Pin-tailed Whydah ²
Vidua macroura

Common Waxbill ³
Estrilda astrild

Red-headed Finch ⁴
Amadina erythrocephala

Black-faced Quailfinch ⁵
Ortygospiza atricollis

Bokmakierie ⁶
Telophorus zeylonus

Cape Wagtail ⁶
Motacilla capensis

African Pipit ⁷
Anthus cinnamomeus

Yellow-tufted Pipit ⁸
Anthus crenatus

Plain-backed Pipit ⁹
Anthus leucophrys

Long-billed Pipit ¹⁰
Anthus similis

Orange-throated Longclaw ⁹
Macronyx capensis

Cape Weaver ¹¹
Ploceus capensis

Southern Masked-Weaver ⁹
Ploceus velatus

Southern Red Bishop ⁶
Euplectes orix

Long-tailed Widowbird ¹²
Euplectes progne

Red-billed Quelea ¹³
Quelea quelea

Southern Penduline Tit ¹⁴
Anthoscopus minutus

Sabota Lark
Calendulauda sabota

Cape Clapper Lark ⁹
Mirafra apiata

Mirafra apiata marjoriae ¹⁵

Eastern Clapper Lark ¹⁶
Mirafra fasciolata

Large-billed Lark ¹⁷
Galerida magnirostris

Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark ¹⁸
Eremopterix verticalis

Red-capped Lark ¹⁹
Calandrella cinerea

Spike-heeled Lark ⁹
Chersomanes albofasciata

Yellow-bellied Eremomela ⁹
Eremomela icteropygialis

Desert Cisticola ²⁰
Cisticola aridulus

Piping Cisticola ⁷
Cisticola fulvicapilla

Zitting Cisticola ²¹
Cisticola juncidis

Grey-backed Cisticola ²²
Cisticola subruficapilla

Cloud Cisticola ²³
Cisticola textrix

Levaillant's Cisticola ²⁴
Cisticola tinniens

Rufous-eared Warbler ²⁵
Malcorus pectoralis

Black-chested Prinia ⁹
Prinia flavicans

Drakensberg Prinia ²⁶
Prinia hypoxantha

Karoo Prinia ²⁷
Prinia maculosa

Namaqua Prinia ⁸
Phragmacia substriata

White-necked Raven ²⁸
Corvus albicollis

Pied Crow ²⁹
Corvus albus

White-throated Canary ¹⁶
Crithagra albogularis

Yellow Canary ¹⁶
Crithagra flaviventris

Black-headed Canary ²²
Serinus alario

Cape Canary ²⁰
Serinus canicollis

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Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3055_2540: Species List

Chinspot Batis 1 Batis molitor

Pin-tailed Whydah 2 Vidua macroura

Common Waxbill 3 Estrilda astrild

Red-headed Finch 4 Amadina erythrocephala

Black-faced Quailfinch 5 Ortygospiza atricollis

Bokmakierie 6 Telophorus zeylonus

Cape Wagtail 6 Motacilla capensis

African Pipit 7 Anthus cinnamomeus

Yellow-tufted Pipit 8 Anthus crenatus

Plain-backed Pipit 9 Anthus leucophrys

Long-billed Pipit 10 Anthus similis

Orange-throated Longclaw 9 Macronyx capensis

Cape Weaver 11 Ploceus capensis

Southern Masked-Weaver 9 Ploceus velatus

Southern Red Bishop 6 Euplectes orix

Long-tailed Widowbird 12 Euplectes progne

Red-billed Quelea 13 Quelea quelea

Southern Penduline Tit 14 Anthoscopus minutus

Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota

Cape Clapper Lark 9 Mirafra apiata

Mirafra apiata marjoriae 15

Eastern Clapper Lark 16 Mirafra fasciolata

Large-billed Lark 17 Galerida magnirostris

Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark 18 Eremopterix verticalis

Red-capped Lark 19 Calandrella cinerea

Spike-heeled Lark 9 Chersomanes albofasciata

Yellow-bellied Eremomela 9 Eremomela icteropygialis

Desert Cisticola 20 Cisticola aridulus

Piping Cisticola 7 Cisticola fulvicapilla

Zitting Cisticola 21 Cisticola juncidis

Grey-backed Cisticola 22 Cisticola subruficapilla

Cloud Cisticola 23 Cisticola textrix

Levaillant's Cisticola 24 Cisticola tinniens

Rufous-eared Warbler 25 Malcorus pectoralis

Black-chested Prinia 9 Prinia flavicans

Drakensberg Prinia 26 Prinia hypoxantha

Karoo Prinia 27 Prinia maculosa

Namaqua Prinia 8 Phragmacia substriata

White-necked Raven 28 Corvus albicollis

Pied Crow 29 Corvus albus

White-throated Canary 16 Crithagra albogularis

Yellow Canary 16 Crithagra flaviventris

Black-headed Canary 22 Serinus alario

Cape Canary 20 Serinus canicollis