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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.

Great Spotted Cuckoo 1
Clamator glandarius
Ground Woodpecker 2
Geocolaptes olivaceus
Acacia Pied Barbet 3
Tricholaema leucomelas
Spotted Eagle-Owl 2
Bubo africanus
Common Ostrich 4
Struthio camelus
European Bee-eater 5
Merops apiaster
Ring-necked Dove 6
Streptopelia capicola
Red-eyed Dove 7
Streptopelia semitorquata
Laughing Dove 8
Streptopelia senegalensis
Speckled Pigeon 5
Columba guinea
Rock Pigeon 9
Columba livia
Namaqua Dove 10
Oena capensis
Red-faced Mousebird 11
Urocolius indicus
White-backed Mousebird 1
Colius colius
Speckled Mousebird 12
Colius striatus
Red-knobbed Coot 13
Fulica cristata
Blue Crane 14
Anthropoides paradiseus
Namaqua Sandgrouse 8
Pterocles namaqua
Helmeted Guineafowl 4
Numida meleagris
Grey-winged Francolin 15
Scleroptila afra
Little Stint 4
Calidris minuta
Common Greenshank 16
Tringa nebularia
White-winged Tern 17
Chlidonias leucopterus
Kittlitz's Plover 2
Charadrius pecuarius
Three-banded Plover 6
Charadrius tricollaris
Blacksmith Lapwing 4
Vanellus armatus
Spotted Thick-knee 18
Burhinus capensis
Black-winged Stilt 17
Himantopus himantopus
Pied Avocet 5
Recurvirostra avosetta
Little Grebe 19
Tachybaptus ruficollis
African Spoonbill 5
Platalea alba
Sacred Ibis 20
Threskiornis aethiopicus
Hadeda Ibis 21
Bostrychia hagedash
Hamerkop 5
Scopus umbretta
Grey Heron 22
Ardea cinerea
Black-headed Heron 23
Ardea melanocephala
Cattle Egret 24
Bubulcus ibis
American Flamingo 25
Phoenicopterus ruber
Lesser Kestrel 2
Falco naumanni
Peregrine Falcon 26
Falco peregrinus
Greater Kestrel 27
Falco rupicoloides
Rock Kestrel 28
Falco rupicolus
Little Swift 29
Apus affinis
White-rumped Swift 30
Apus caffer
African Black Duck 8
Anas sparsa
Yellow-billed Duck 31
Anas undulata
South African Shelduck 29
Tadorna cana
Egyptian Goose 32
Alopochen aegyptiaca
Secretarybird 33
Sagittarius serpentarius
Verreaux's Eagle 34
Aquila verreauxii
Booted Eagle 20
Hieraaetus pennatus
Jackal Buzzard 35
Buteo rufofuscus
Black-winged Kite 36
Elanus caeruleus
Pale Chanting-Goshawk 37
Melierax canorus
Ludwig's Bustard 38
Neotis ludwigii
Northern Black Korhaan 39
Eupodotis afraoides
Blue Bustard 40
Eupodotis caerulescens
Karoo Bustard 8
Eupodotis vigorsii
Long-tailed Cormorant 41
Microcarbo africanus
Great Cormorant 42
Phalacrocorax carbo
South African Swallow 20
Petrochelidon spilodera
White-throated Swallow 43
Hirundo albigularis
Barn Swallow 44
Hirundo rustica
Plain Martin 2
Riparia paludicola
Rock Martin 45
Ptyonoprogne fuligula
Greater Striped Swallow 46
Cecropis cucullata
Southern Fiscal 4
Lanius collaris
Cape Robin-Chat 30
Cossypha caffra
Mountain Wheatear 47
Oenanthe monticola
Southern Anteater-Chat 48
Myrmecocichla formicivora
African Stonechat 20
Saxicola torquatus
Karoo Scrub-Robin 49
Cercotrichas coryphoeus
Short-toed Rock-Thrush 1
Monticola brevipes
Fiscal Flycatcher 50
Melaenornis silens
Familiar Chat 51
Cercomela familiaris
Sickle-winged Chat 40
Cercomela sinuata
Chat Flycatcher 2
Agricola infuscatus
Malachite Sunbird 52
Nectarinia famosa
Dusky Sunbird 53
Cinnyris fuscus
Southern Grey-headed Sparrow 40
Passer diffusus
House Sparrow 4
Passer domesticus
Northern Grey-headed Sparrow 54
Passer griseus
Cape Sparrow 55
Passer melanurus
Fairy Flycatcher 56
Stenostira scita
Cape Crombec 40
Sylvietta rufescens
African Red-eyed Bulbul 56
Pycnonotus nigricans
African Pied Starling 2
Lamprotornis bicolor
Cape Starling 57
Lamprotornis nitens
Red-winged Starling 30
Onychognathus morio
Pale-winged Starling 58
Onychognathus nabouroup
Wattled Starling 59
Creatophora cinerea
Layard's Warbler 49
Sylvia layardi
Rufous-vented Warbler 56
Sylvia subcaerulea
Olive Thrush 60
Turdus olivaceus
Karoo Thrush 61
Turdus smithi
Orange River White-eye 62
Zosterops pallidus
Cape White-eye 28
Zosterops virens
Cape Bunting 40
Emberiza capensis
Lark-like Bunting 40
Emberiza impetuani
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting 63
Emberiza tahapisi

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