Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3105_2400: Species List

A species list of plants and animals surveyed during the Karoo BioGaps Project for Pentad 3105_2400 representative of the Eastern Upper Karoo vegetation type in the Upper Karoo Bioregion. This site is about 35 Km NW of Richmond, east of the R388.

All 349

Ground Agama ¹
Agama aculeata

Karoo Girdled Lizard ²
Karusasaurus polyzonus

Spotted Sand Lizard ³
Pedioplanis lineoocellata

Namaqua Sand Lizard ⁴
Pedioplanis namaquensis

Western Rock Skink ⁵
Trachylepis sulcata

Variegated Skink ⁶
Trachylepis variegata

Bibron's Thick-toed Gecko ⁶
Chondrodactylus bibronii

Cape Thick-toed Gecko
Pachydactylus capensis

Tent Tortoise ²
Psammobates tentorius

Leopard Tortoise ⁷
Stigmochelys pardalis

Dideric Cuckoo ⁸
Chrysococcyx caprius

Greater Honeyguide ⁹
Indicator indicator

Acacia Pied Barbet ¹⁰
Tricholaema leucomelas

European Bee-eater ¹¹
Merops apiaster

Ring-necked Dove ¹²
Streptopelia capicola

Red-eyed Dove ¹³
Streptopelia semitorquata

Laughing Dove ¹⁴
Streptopelia senegalensis

Speckled Pigeon ¹¹
Columba guinea

Namaqua Dove ¹⁵
Oena capensis

Red-faced Mousebird ¹⁶
Urocolius indicus

White-backed Mousebird ¹⁷
Colius colius

Speckled Mousebird ¹⁸
Colius striatus

Eurasian Moorhen ¹⁹
Gallinula chloropus

Red-knobbed Coot ²⁰
Fulica cristata

Blue Crane ²¹
Anthropoides paradiseus

Namaqua Sandgrouse ¹⁴
Pterocles namaqua

Helmeted Guineafowl ²²
Numida meleagris

Common Greenshank ²³
Tringa nebularia

White-winged Tern ²⁴
Chlidonias leucopterus

Kittlitz's Plover ²⁵
Charadrius pecuarius

Three-banded Plover ¹²
Charadrius tricollaris

Blacksmith Lapwing ²²
Vanellus armatus

Black-winged Stilt ²⁴
Himantopus himantopus

Pied Avocet ¹¹
Recurvirostra avosetta

African Spoonbill ¹¹
Platalea alba

Sacred Ibis ²⁶
Threskiornis aethiopicus

Hadeda Ibis ²⁷
Bostrychia hagedash

Hamerkop ¹¹
Scopus umbretta

Grey Heron ²⁸
Ardea cinerea

Goliath Heron ¹²
Ardea goliath

Black-headed Heron ²⁹
Ardea melanocephala

Rock Kestrel ³⁰
Falco rupicolus

Little Swift ³¹
Apus affinis

White-rumped Swift ⁶
Apus caffer

Red-billed Teal ³²
Anas erythrorhyncha

African Black Duck ¹⁴
Anas sparsa

Yellow-billed Duck ³³
Anas undulata

South African Shelduck ³¹
Tadorna cana

Egyptian Goose ³⁴
Alopochen aegyptiaca

Spur-winged Goose ¹¹
Plectropterus gambensis

Secretarybird ³⁵
Sagittarius serpentarius

Verreaux's Eagle ³⁶
Aquila verreauxii

Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk ³⁷
Accipiter rufiventris

Booted Eagle ²⁶
Hieraaetus pennatus

Jackal Buzzard ³⁸
Buteo rufofuscus

Steppe Buzzard ³⁹
Buteo buteo vulpinus

African Harrier-Hawk ⁴⁰
Polyboroides typus

African Fish-Eagle ²²
Haliaeetus vocifer

Pale Chanting-Goshawk ⁴¹
Melierax canorus

Ludwig's Bustard ⁴²
Neotis ludwigii

Northern Black Korhaan ²
Eupodotis afraoides

Karoo Bustard ¹⁴
Eupodotis vigorsii

Long-tailed Cormorant ⁴³
Microcarbo africanus

Great Cormorant ⁴⁴
Phalacrocorax carbo

South African Swallow ²⁶
Petrochelidon spilodera

White-throated Swallow ⁴⁵
Hirundo albigularis

Barn Swallow ⁴⁶
Hirundo rustica

Plain Martin ²⁵
Riparia paludicola

Rock Martin ⁴⁷
Ptyonoprogne fuligula

Greater Striped Swallow ⁴⁸
Cecropis cucullata

Southern Fiscal ²²
Lanius collaris

Cape Robin-Chat ⁶
Cossypha caffra

Mountain Wheatear ⁴⁹
Oenanthe monticola

Capped Wheatear ³⁹
Oenanthe pileata

Southern Anteater-Chat ⁵⁰
Myrmecocichla formicivora

African Stonechat ²⁶
Saxicola torquatus

Spotted Flycatcher ⁵¹
Muscicapa striata

Karoo Scrub-Robin ⁵²
Cercotrichas coryphoeus

Fiscal Flycatcher ⁵³
Melaenornis silens

Familiar Chat ⁵⁴
Cercomela familiaris

Karoo Chat ⁵⁵
Cercomela schlegelii

Sickle-winged Chat ⁵⁵
Cercomela sinuata

Chat Flycatcher ²⁵
Agricola infuscatus

Southern Double-collared Sunbird ⁴⁵
Cinnyris chalybeus

Ashy Tit ³⁰
Melaniparus cinerascens

Southern Grey-headed Sparrow ⁵⁵
Passer diffusus

House Sparrow ²²
Passer domesticus

Northern Grey-headed Sparrow ⁵⁶
Passer griseus

Cape Sparrow ⁵⁷
Passer melanurus

Fairy Flycatcher ⁵⁸
Stenostira scita

Cape Crombec ⁵⁵
Sylvietta rufescens

African Red-eyed Bulbul ⁵⁸
Pycnonotus nigricans

African Pied Starling ²⁵
Lamprotornis bicolor

Pale-winged Starling ⁵⁹
Onychognathus nabouroup

Wattled Starling ⁶⁰
Creatophora cinerea

Layard's Warbler ⁵²
Sylvia layardi

Rufous-vented Warbler ⁵⁸
Sylvia subcaerulea

Olive Thrush ⁶¹
Turdus olivaceus

Karoo Thrush ⁶²
Turdus smithi

Orange River White-eye ⁶³
Zosterops pallidus

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Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3105_2400: Species List

Ground Agama 1 Agama aculeata

Karoo Girdled Lizard 2 Karusasaurus polyzonus

Spotted Sand Lizard 3 Pedioplanis lineoocellata

Namaqua Sand Lizard 4 Pedioplanis namaquensis

Western Rock Skink 5 Trachylepis sulcata

Variegated Skink 6 Trachylepis variegata

Bibron's Thick-toed Gecko 6 Chondrodactylus bibronii

Cape Thick-toed Gecko Pachydactylus capensis

Tent Tortoise 2 Psammobates tentorius

Leopard Tortoise 7 Stigmochelys pardalis

Dideric Cuckoo 8 Chrysococcyx caprius

Greater Honeyguide 9 Indicator indicator

Acacia Pied Barbet 10 Tricholaema leucomelas

European Bee-eater 11 Merops apiaster

Ring-necked Dove 12 Streptopelia capicola

Red-eyed Dove 13 Streptopelia semitorquata

Laughing Dove 14 Streptopelia senegalensis

Speckled Pigeon 11 Columba guinea

Namaqua Dove 15 Oena capensis

Red-faced Mousebird 16 Urocolius indicus

White-backed Mousebird 17 Colius colius

Speckled Mousebird 18 Colius striatus

Eurasian Moorhen 19 Gallinula chloropus

Red-knobbed Coot 20 Fulica cristata

Blue Crane 21 Anthropoides paradiseus

Namaqua Sandgrouse 14 Pterocles namaqua

Helmeted Guineafowl 22 Numida meleagris

Common Greenshank 23 Tringa nebularia

White-winged Tern 24 Chlidonias leucopterus

Kittlitz's Plover 25 Charadrius pecuarius

Three-banded Plover 12 Charadrius tricollaris

Blacksmith Lapwing 22 Vanellus armatus

Black-winged Stilt 24 Himantopus himantopus

Pied Avocet 11 Recurvirostra avosetta

African Spoonbill 11 Platalea alba

Sacred Ibis 26 Threskiornis aethiopicus

Hadeda Ibis 27 Bostrychia hagedash

Hamerkop 11 Scopus umbretta

Grey Heron 28 Ardea cinerea

Goliath Heron 12 Ardea goliath

Black-headed Heron 29 Ardea melanocephala

Rock Kestrel 30 Falco rupicolus

Little Swift 31 Apus affinis

White-rumped Swift 6 Apus caffer

Red-billed Teal 32 Anas erythrorhyncha

African Black Duck 14 Anas sparsa

Yellow-billed Duck 33 Anas undulata

South African Shelduck 31 Tadorna cana

Egyptian Goose 34 Alopochen aegyptiaca

Spur-winged Goose 11 Plectropterus gambensis

Secretarybird 35 Sagittarius serpentarius

Verreaux's Eagle 36 Aquila verreauxii

Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk 37 Accipiter rufiventris

Booted Eagle 26 Hieraaetus pennatus

Jackal Buzzard 38 Buteo rufofuscus

Steppe Buzzard 39 Buteo buteo vulpinus

African Harrier-Hawk 40 Polyboroides typus

African Fish-Eagle 22 Haliaeetus vocifer

Pale Chanting-Goshawk 41 Melierax canorus

Ludwig's Bustard 42 Neotis ludwigii

Northern Black Korhaan 2 Eupodotis afraoides

Karoo Bustard 14 Eupodotis vigorsii

Long-tailed Cormorant 43 Microcarbo africanus

Great Cormorant 44 Phalacrocorax carbo

South African Swallow 26 Petrochelidon spilodera

White-throated Swallow 45 Hirundo albigularis

Barn Swallow 46 Hirundo rustica

Plain Martin 25 Riparia paludicola

Rock Martin 47 Ptyonoprogne fuligula

Greater Striped Swallow 48 Cecropis cucullata

Southern Fiscal 22 Lanius collaris

Cape Robin-Chat 6 Cossypha caffra

Mountain Wheatear 49 Oenanthe monticola

Capped Wheatear 39 Oenanthe pileata

Southern Anteater-Chat 50 Myrmecocichla formicivora

African Stonechat 26 Saxicola torquatus

Spotted Flycatcher 51 Muscicapa striata

Karoo Scrub-Robin 52 Cercotrichas coryphoeus

Fiscal Flycatcher 53 Melaenornis silens