Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3130_2355: Species List

A species list of plants and animals surveyed during the Karoo BioGaps Project for Pentad 3130_2355 representative of the Eastern Upper Karoo vegetation type in the Upper Karoo Bioregion. This site is about 11 Km south of Richmond, west of the R388.

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Karoo Toad
Vandijkophrynus gariepensis

African Clawed Frog ¹
Xenopus laevis

Boettger's dainty frog ¹
Cacosternum boettgeri

Tandy's sand frog ²
Tomopterna tandyi

Southern Rock Agama ³
Agama atra

Variegated Skink ⁴
Trachylepis variegata

Bibron's Thick-toed Gecko ⁴
Chondrodactylus bibronii

Inland Thick-toed Gecko ¹
Pachydactylus oculatus

Karoo Sand Snake
Psammophis notostictus

Leopard Tortoise ⁵
Stigmochelys pardalis

Acacia Pied Barbet ⁶
Tricholaema leucomelas

Common Ostrich ⁷
Struthio camelus

European Bee-eater ⁸
Merops apiaster

Ring-necked Dove ⁹
Streptopelia capicola

Red-eyed Dove ¹⁰
Streptopelia semitorquata

Laughing Dove ¹¹
Streptopelia senegalensis

Namaqua Dove ¹²
Oena capensis

Red-faced Mousebird ¹³
Urocolius indicus

White-backed Mousebird ¹⁴
Colius colius

Namaqua Sandgrouse ¹¹
Pterocles namaqua

Helmeted Guineafowl ⁷
Numida meleagris

Grey-winged Francolin ¹⁵
Scleroptila afra

Three-banded Plover ⁹
Charadrius tricollaris

Blacksmith Lapwing ⁷
Vanellus armatus

Crowned Lapwing ¹⁶
Vanellus coronatus

Pied Avocet ⁸
Recurvirostra avosetta

African Spoonbill ⁸
Platalea alba

Sacred Ibis ¹⁷
Threskiornis aethiopicus

Hadeda Ibis ¹⁸
Bostrychia hagedash

Hamerkop ⁸
Scopus umbretta

Rock Kestrel ¹⁹
Falco rupicolus

Little Swift ²⁰
Apus affinis

White-rumped Swift ⁴
Apus caffer

African Black Duck ¹¹
Anas sparsa

Yellow-billed Duck ²¹
Anas undulata

South African Shelduck ²⁰
Tadorna cana

Egyptian Goose ²²
Alopochen aegyptiaca

Verreaux's Eagle ²³
Aquila verreauxii

Jackal Buzzard ²⁴
Buteo rufofuscus

Steppe Buzzard ²⁵
Buteo buteo vulpinus

Pale Chanting-Goshawk ²⁶
Melierax canorus

Ludwig's Bustard ²⁷
Neotis ludwigii

Northern Black Korhaan ²⁸
Eupodotis afraoides

Karoo Bustard ¹¹
Eupodotis vigorsii

Barn Swallow ²⁹
Hirundo rustica

Plain Martin ³⁰
Riparia paludicola

Rock Martin ³¹
Ptyonoprogne fuligula

Greater Striped Swallow ³²
Cecropis cucullata

Southern Fiscal ⁷
Lanius collaris

Cape Robin-Chat ⁴
Cossypha caffra

Mountain Wheatear ³³
Oenanthe monticola

Southern Anteater-Chat ³⁴
Myrmecocichla formicivora

African Stonechat ¹⁷
Saxicola torquatus

Karoo Scrub-Robin ³⁵
Cercotrichas coryphoeus

Fiscal Flycatcher ³⁶
Melaenornis silens

Familiar Chat ³⁷
Cercomela familiaris

Karoo Chat ³⁸
Cercomela schlegelii

Sickle-winged Chat ³⁸
Cercomela sinuata

Chat Flycatcher ³⁰
Agricola infuscatus

Malachite Sunbird ³⁹
Nectarinia famosa

Southern Double-collared Sunbird ⁴⁰
Cinnyris chalybeus

Dusky Sunbird ⁴¹
Cinnyris fuscus

Southern Grey-headed Sparrow ³⁸
Passer diffusus

House Sparrow ⁷
Passer domesticus

Northern Grey-headed Sparrow ⁴²
Passer griseus

Cape Sparrow ⁴³
Passer melanurus

Fairy Flycatcher ⁴⁴
Stenostira scita

Cape Crombec ³⁸
Sylvietta rufescens

African Red-eyed Bulbul ⁴⁴
Pycnonotus nigricans

European Starling ⁴⁵
Sturnus vulgaris

African Pied Starling ³⁰
Lamprotornis bicolor

Pale-winged Starling ⁴⁶
Onychognathus nabouroup

Wattled Starling ⁴⁷
Creatophora cinerea

Layard's Warbler ³⁵
Sylvia layardi

Rufous-vented Warbler ⁴⁴
Sylvia subcaerulea

Olive Thrush ⁴⁸
Turdus olivaceus

Karoo Thrush ⁴⁹
Turdus smithi

Orange River White-eye ⁵⁰
Zosterops pallidus

Cape White-eye ¹⁹
Zosterops virens

Cape Bunting ³⁸
Emberiza capensis

Lark-like Bunting ³⁸
Emberiza impetuani

Pririt Batis ⁵¹
Batis pririt

Pin-tailed Whydah ⁵²
Vidua macroura

Bokmakierie ⁵³
Telophorus zeylonus

Cape Wagtail ⁵³
Motacilla capensis

African Pipit ⁵⁴
Anthus cinnamomeus

Yellow-tufted Pipit ⁴
Anthus crenatus

Plain-backed Pipit ³⁸
Anthus leucophrys

Cape Weaver ⁵⁵
Ploceus capensis

Southern Masked-Weaver ³⁸
Ploceus velatus

Southern Red Bishop ⁵³
Euplectes orix

Benguela Lark ³⁵
Certhilauda benguelensis

Agulhas Lark ⁵⁶
Certhilauda brevirostris

Cape Lark ⁵⁷
Certhilauda curvirostris

Eastern Long-billed Lark ⁴
Certhilauda semitorquata

Karoo Long-billed Lark ³⁸
Certhilauda subcoronata

Eastern Clapper Lark ²⁴
Mirafra fasciolata

Large-billed Lark ⁵⁸
Galerida magnirostris

Red-capped Lark ³⁰
Calandrella cinerea

Spike-heeled Lark ³⁸
Chersomanes albofasciata

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Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3130_2355: Species List

Karoo Toad Vandijkophrynus gariepensis

African Clawed Frog 1 Xenopus laevis

Boettger's dainty frog 1 Cacosternum boettgeri

Tandy's sand frog 2 Tomopterna tandyi

Southern Rock Agama 3 Agama atra

Variegated Skink 4 Trachylepis variegata

Bibron's Thick-toed Gecko 4 Chondrodactylus bibronii

Inland Thick-toed Gecko 1 Pachydactylus oculatus

Karoo Sand Snake Psammophis notostictus

Leopard Tortoise 5 Stigmochelys pardalis

Acacia Pied Barbet 6 Tricholaema leucomelas

Common Ostrich 7 Struthio camelus

European Bee-eater 8 Merops apiaster

Ring-necked Dove 9 Streptopelia capicola

Red-eyed Dove 10 Streptopelia semitorquata

Laughing Dove 11 Streptopelia senegalensis

Namaqua Dove 12 Oena capensis

Red-faced Mousebird 13 Urocolius indicus

White-backed Mousebird 14 Colius colius

Namaqua Sandgrouse 11 Pterocles namaqua

Helmeted Guineafowl 7 Numida meleagris

Grey-winged Francolin 15 Scleroptila afra

Three-banded Plover 9 Charadrius tricollaris

Blacksmith Lapwing 7 Vanellus armatus

Crowned Lapwing 16 Vanellus coronatus

Pied Avocet 8 Recurvirostra avosetta

African Spoonbill 8 Platalea alba

Sacred Ibis 17 Threskiornis aethiopicus

Hadeda Ibis 18 Bostrychia hagedash

Hamerkop 8 Scopus umbretta

Rock Kestrel 19 Falco rupicolus

Little Swift 20 Apus affinis

White-rumped Swift 4 Apus caffer

African Black Duck 11 Anas sparsa

Yellow-billed Duck 21 Anas undulata

South African Shelduck 20 Tadorna cana

Egyptian Goose 22 Alopochen aegyptiaca

Verreaux's Eagle 23 Aquila verreauxii

Jackal Buzzard 24 Buteo rufofuscus

Steppe Buzzard 25 Buteo buteo vulpinus

Pale Chanting-Goshawk 26 Melierax canorus

Ludwig's Bustard 27 Neotis ludwigii

Northern Black Korhaan 28 Eupodotis afraoides

Karoo Bustard 11 Eupodotis vigorsii

Barn Swallow 29 Hirundo rustica

Plain Martin 30 Riparia paludicola

Rock Martin 31 Ptyonoprogne fuligula

Greater Striped Swallow 32 Cecropis cucullata

Southern Fiscal 7 Lanius collaris

Cape Robin-Chat 4 Cossypha caffra

Mountain Wheatear 33 Oenanthe monticola

Southern Anteater-Chat 34 Myrmecocichla formicivora

African Stonechat 17 Saxicola torquatus

Karoo Scrub-Robin 35 Cercotrichas coryphoeus

Fiscal Flycatcher 36 Melaenornis silens

Familiar Chat 37 Cercomela familiaris

Karoo Chat 38 Cercomela schlegelii

Sickle-winged Chat 38 Cercomela sinuata

Chat Flycatcher 30 Agricola infuscatus

Malachite Sunbird 39 Nectarinia famosa

Southern Double-collared Sunbird 40 Cinnyris chalybeus

Dusky Sunbird 41 Cinnyris fuscus

Southern Grey-headed Sparrow 38 Passer diffusus

House Sparrow 7 Passer domesticus

Northern Grey-headed Sparrow 42 Passer griseus

Cape Sparrow 43 Passer melanurus

Fairy Flycatcher 44 Stenostira scita

Cape Crombec 38 Sylvietta rufescens

African Red-eyed Bulbul 44 Pycnonotus nigricans

European Starling 45 Sturnus vulgaris

African Pied Starling 30 Lamprotornis bicolor

Pale-winged Starling 46 Onychognathus nabouroup

Wattled Starling 47 Creatophora cinerea

Layard's Warbler 35 Sylvia layardi

Rufous-vented Warbler 44 Sylvia subcaerulea

Olive Thrush 48 Turdus olivaceus

Karoo Thrush 49 Turdus smithi

Orange River White-eye 50 Zosterops pallidus

Cape White-eye 19 Zosterops virens