Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3150_2525: Species List

A species list of plants and animals surveyed during the Karoo BioGaps Project for Pentad 3150_2525 representative of the Eastern Upper Karoo vegetation type in the Upper Karoo Bioregion. This Pentad is East of the N10, about halfway between Middelburg and Cradock.

All 403

Rock Kestrel ¹
Falco rupicolus

Rufous-cheeked Nightjar ²
Caprimulgus rufigena

Little Swift ³
Apus affinis

Common Swift ⁴
Apus apus

African Swift ⁵
Apus barbatus

White-rumped Swift ⁶
Apus caffer

Horus Swift ⁷
Apus horus

Alpine Swift ⁸
Apus melba

Cape Shoveler ⁹
Spatula smithii

Fulvous Whistling-Duck ¹⁰
Dendrocygna bicolor

White-faced Whistling-Duck ¹¹
Dendrocygna viduata

Cape Teal ¹²
Anas capensis

Red-billed Teal ¹³
Anas erythrorhyncha

African Black Duck ¹⁴
Anas sparsa

Yellow-billed Duck ¹⁵
Anas undulata

South African Shelduck ³
Tadorna cana

Maccoa Duck ¹⁶
Oxyura maccoa

Southern Pochard ¹⁷
Netta erythrophthalma

Egyptian Goose ¹⁸
Alopochen aegyptiaca

Spur-winged Goose ⁸
Plectropterus gambensis

Secretarybird ¹⁹
Sagittarius serpentarius

Gabar Goshawk ²⁰
Micronisus gabar

Tawny Eagle ²¹
Aquila rapax

Verreaux's Eagle ²²
Aquila verreauxii

Black Goshawk ²³
Accipiter melanoleucus

Little Sparrowhawk ⁹
Accipiter minullus

Booted Eagle ¹⁷
Hieraaetus pennatus

Black Harrier ²⁴
Circus maurus

African Marsh-Harrier ²⁵
Circus ranivorus

Jackal Buzzard ²⁶
Buteo rufofuscus

Steppe Buzzard ²⁷
Buteo buteo vulpinus

Brown Snake-Eagle ²¹
Circaetus cinereus

Black-breasted Snake-Eagle ²⁷
Circaetus pectoralis

African Harrier-Hawk ²⁸
Polyboroides typus

Black-winged Kite ²⁹
Elanus caeruleus

African Fish-Eagle ³⁰
Haliaeetus vocifer

Pale Chanting-Goshawk ³¹
Melierax canorus

Pale Chanting Goshawk [canorus] ³²
Melierax canorus canorus

Martial Eagle ³³
Polemaetus bellicosus

Denham's Bustard ¹²
Neotis denhami

Ludwig's Bustard ³⁴
Neotis ludwigii

Northern Black Korhaan ³⁵
Eupodotis afraoides

Blue Bustard ³⁶
Eupodotis caerulescens

White-bellied Bustard ¹³
Eupodotis senegalensis

Karoo Bustard ¹⁴
Eupodotis vigorsii

Long-tailed Cormorant ³⁷
Microcarbo africanus

White-breasted Cormorant ¹⁴
Phalacrocorax carbo lucidus

African Darter ³⁸
Anhinga rufa

South African Swallow ¹⁷
Petrochelidon spilodera

Common House Martin ³⁹
Delichon urbicum

White-throated Swallow ⁴⁰
Hirundo albigularis

Pearl-breasted Swallow ⁴¹
Hirundo dimidiata

Barn Swallow ⁴²
Hirundo rustica

Plain Martin ⁹
Riparia paludicola

Rock Martin ⁴³
Ptyonoprogne fuligula

Greater Striped Swallow ⁴⁴
Cecropis cucullata

Southern Fiscal ³⁰
Lanius collaris

Red-backed Shrike ⁴⁵
Lanius collurio

Cape Robin-Chat ⁶
Cossypha caffra

Mountain Wheatear ³²
Oenanthe monticola

Capped Wheatear ²⁷
Oenanthe pileata

Southern Anteater-Chat ⁴⁶
Myrmecocichla formicivora

African Stonechat ¹⁷
Saxicola torquatus

Dusky-brown Flycatcher ¹⁴
Muscicapa adusta

Spotted Flycatcher ⁴⁵
Muscicapa striata

Karoo Scrub-Robin ⁵
Cercotrichas coryphoeus

Short-toed Rock-Thrush ⁴⁷
Monticola brevipes

Cape Rock-Thrush ¹⁷
Monticola rupestris

Fiscal Flycatcher ⁴⁸
Melaenornis silens

Familiar Chat ⁴⁹
Cercomela familiaris

Karoo Chat ³⁶
Cercomela schlegelii

Sickle-winged Chat ³⁶
Cercomela sinuata

Chat Flycatcher ⁹
Agricola infuscatus

Malachite Sunbird ⁵⁰
Nectarinia famosa

Amethyst Sunbird ¹⁵
Chalcomitra amethystina

Southern Double-collared Sunbird ⁴⁰
Cinnyris chalybeus

Dusky Sunbird ⁵¹
Cinnyris fuscus

Grey Tit ⁵²
Melaniparus afer

Southern Grey-headed Sparrow ³⁶
Passer diffusus

House Sparrow ³⁰
Passer domesticus

Northern Grey-headed Sparrow ⁵³
Passer griseus

Cape Sparrow ⁵⁴
Passer melanurus

Yellow-throated Petronia ¹⁷
Gymnornis superciliaris

Fairy Flycatcher ⁵⁵
Stenostira scita

Cape Crombec ³⁶
Sylvietta rufescens

African Red-eyed Bulbul ⁵⁵
Pycnonotus nigricans

European Starling ⁵⁶
Sturnus vulgaris

African Pied Starling ⁹
Lamprotornis bicolor

Cape Starling ⁵⁷
Lamprotornis nitens

Red-winged Starling ⁶
Onychognathus morio

Pale-winged Starling ⁵⁸
Onychognathus nabouroup

Wattled Starling ⁷
Creatophora cinerea

Garden Warbler ⁵⁹
Sylvia borin

Layard's Warbler ⁵
Sylvia layardi

Rufous-vented Warbler ⁵⁵
Sylvia subcaerulea

Olive Thrush ⁶⁰
Turdus olivaceus

Karoo Thrush ⁶¹
Turdus smithi

Orange River White-eye ⁶²
Zosterops pallidus

Cape White-eye ¹
Zosterops virens

Willow Warbler ⁴
Phylloscopus trochilus

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Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3150_2525: Species List

Rock Kestrel 1 Falco rupicolus

Rufous-cheeked Nightjar 2 Caprimulgus rufigena

Little Swift 3 Apus affinis

Common Swift 4 Apus apus

African Swift 5 Apus barbatus

White-rumped Swift 6 Apus caffer

Horus Swift 7 Apus horus

Alpine Swift 8 Apus melba

Cape Shoveler 9 Spatula smithii

Fulvous Whistling-Duck 10 Dendrocygna bicolor

White-faced Whistling-Duck 11 Dendrocygna viduata

Cape Teal 12 Anas capensis

Red-billed Teal 13 Anas erythrorhyncha

African Black Duck 14 Anas sparsa

Yellow-billed Duck 15 Anas undulata

South African Shelduck 3 Tadorna cana

Maccoa Duck 16 Oxyura maccoa

Southern Pochard 17 Netta erythrophthalma

Egyptian Goose 18 Alopochen aegyptiaca

Spur-winged Goose 8 Plectropterus gambensis

Secretarybird 19 Sagittarius serpentarius

Gabar Goshawk 20 Micronisus gabar

Tawny Eagle 21 Aquila rapax

Verreaux's Eagle 22 Aquila verreauxii

Black Goshawk 23 Accipiter melanoleucus

Little Sparrowhawk 9 Accipiter minullus

Booted Eagle 17 Hieraaetus pennatus

Black Harrier 24 Circus maurus

African Marsh-Harrier 25 Circus ranivorus

Jackal Buzzard 26 Buteo rufofuscus

Steppe Buzzard 27 Buteo buteo vulpinus

Brown Snake-Eagle 21 Circaetus cinereus

Black-breasted Snake-Eagle 27 Circaetus pectoralis

African Harrier-Hawk 28 Polyboroides typus

Black-winged Kite 29 Elanus caeruleus

African Fish-Eagle 30 Haliaeetus vocifer

Pale Chanting-Goshawk 31 Melierax canorus

Pale Chanting Goshawk [canorus] 32 Melierax canorus canorus

Martial Eagle 33 Polemaetus bellicosus

Denham's Bustard 12 Neotis denhami

Ludwig's Bustard 34 Neotis ludwigii

Northern Black Korhaan 35 Eupodotis afraoides

Blue Bustard 36 Eupodotis caerulescens

White-bellied Bustard 13 Eupodotis senegalensis

Karoo Bustard 14 Eupodotis vigorsii

Long-tailed Cormorant 37 Microcarbo africanus

White-breasted Cormorant 14 Phalacrocorax carbo lucidus

African Darter 38 Anhinga rufa

South African Swallow 17 Petrochelidon spilodera

Common House Martin 39 Delichon urbicum

White-throated Swallow 40 Hirundo albigularis

Pearl-breasted Swallow 41 Hirundo dimidiata

Barn Swallow 42 Hirundo rustica

Plain Martin 9 Riparia paludicola

Rock Martin 43 Ptyonoprogne fuligula

Greater Striped Swallow 44 Cecropis cucullata

Southern Fiscal 30 Lanius collaris

Red-backed Shrike 45 Lanius collurio

Cape Robin-Chat 6 Cossypha caffra

Mountain Wheatear 32 Oenanthe monticola

Capped Wheatear 27 Oenanthe pileata

Southern Anteater-Chat 46 Myrmecocichla formicivora

African Stonechat 17 Saxicola torquatus

Dusky-brown Flycatcher 14 Muscicapa adusta

Spotted Flycatcher 45 Muscicapa striata

Karoo Scrub-Robin 5 Cercotrichas coryphoeus

Short-toed Rock-Thrush 47 Monticola brevipes

Cape Rock-Thrush 17 Monticola rupestris

Fiscal Flycatcher 48 Melaenornis silens

Familiar Chat 49 Cercomela familiaris

Karoo Chat 36 Cercomela schlegelii

Sickle-winged Chat 36 Cercomela sinuata

Chat Flycatcher 9 Agricola infuscatus

Malachite Sunbird 50 Nectarinia famosa

Amethyst Sunbird 15 Chalcomitra amethystina

Southern Double-collared Sunbird 40 Cinnyris chalybeus

Dusky Sunbird 51 Cinnyris fuscus

Grey Tit 52 Melaniparus afer

Southern Grey-headed Sparrow 36 Passer diffusus