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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.

South African Swallow 1
Petrochelidon spilodera
Common House Martin 2
Delichon urbicum
White-throated Swallow 3
Hirundo albigularis
Pearl-breasted Swallow 4
Hirundo dimidiata
Barn Swallow 5
Hirundo rustica
Plain Martin 6
Riparia paludicola
Rock Martin 7
Ptyonoprogne fuligula
Greater Striped Swallow 8
Cecropis cucullata
Southern Fiscal 9
Lanius collaris
Red-backed Shrike 10
Lanius collurio
Cape Robin-Chat 11
Cossypha caffra
Mountain Wheatear 12
Oenanthe monticola
Capped Wheatear 13
Oenanthe pileata
Southern Anteater-Chat 14
Myrmecocichla formicivora
African Stonechat 1
Saxicola torquatus
Dusky-brown Flycatcher 15
Muscicapa adusta
Spotted Flycatcher 10
Muscicapa striata
Karoo Scrub-Robin 16
Cercotrichas coryphoeus
Short-toed Rock-Thrush 17
Monticola brevipes
Cape Rock-Thrush 1
Monticola rupestris
Fiscal Flycatcher 18
Melaenornis silens
Familiar Chat 19
Cercomela familiaris
Karoo Chat 20
Cercomela schlegelii
Sickle-winged Chat 20
Cercomela sinuata
Chat Flycatcher 6
Agricola infuscatus
Malachite Sunbird 21
Nectarinia famosa
Amethyst Sunbird 22
Chalcomitra amethystina
Southern Double-collared Sunbird 3
Cinnyris chalybeus
Dusky Sunbird 23
Cinnyris fuscus
Grey Tit 24
Melaniparus afer
Southern Grey-headed Sparrow 20
Passer diffusus
House Sparrow 9
Passer domesticus
Northern Grey-headed Sparrow 25
Passer griseus
Cape Sparrow 26
Passer melanurus
Yellow-throated Petronia 1
Gymnornis superciliaris
Fairy Flycatcher 27
Stenostira scita
Cape Crombec 20
Sylvietta rufescens
African Red-eyed Bulbul 27
Pycnonotus nigricans
European Starling 28
Sturnus vulgaris
African Pied Starling 6
Lamprotornis bicolor
Cape Starling 29
Lamprotornis nitens
Red-winged Starling 11
Onychognathus morio
Pale-winged Starling 30
Onychognathus nabouroup
Wattled Starling 31
Creatophora cinerea
Garden Warbler 32
Sylvia borin
Layard's Warbler 16
Sylvia layardi
Rufous-vented Warbler 27
Sylvia subcaerulea
Olive Thrush 33
Turdus olivaceus
Karoo Thrush 34
Turdus smithi
Orange River White-eye 35
Zosterops pallidus
Cape White-eye 36
Zosterops virens
Willow Warbler 37
Phylloscopus trochilus
African Reed Warbler 16
Acrocephalus baeticatus
Lesser Swamp Warbler 38
Acrocephalus gracilirostris
Little Rush-Warbler 27
Bradypterus baboecala
Cape Bunting 20
Emberiza capensis
Golden-breasted Bunting 17
Emberiza flaviventris
Lark-like Bunting 20
Emberiza impetuani
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting 39
Emberiza tahapisi
Chinspot Batis 27
Batis molitor
Pririt Batis 40
Batis pririt
Village Indigobird 41
Vidua chalybeata
Variable Indigobird 24
Vidua funerea
Pin-tailed Whydah 42
Vidua macroura
Fork-tailed Drongo 43
Dicrurus adsimilis
Common Waxbill 44
Estrilda astrild
Red-billed Firefinch 45
Lagonosticta senegala
Red-headed Finch 13
Amadina erythrocephala
Black-faced Quailfinch 46
Ortygospiza atricollis
Swee Waxbill 16
Coccopygia melanotis
Bokmakierie 47
Telophorus zeylonus
Southern Boubou 48
Laniarius ferrugineus
Southern Tchagra 49
Tchagra tchagra
African Paradise-Flycatcher 50
Terpsiphone viridis
African Pied Wagtail 20
Motacilla aguimp
Cape Wagtail 47
Motacilla capensis
African Pipit 51
Anthus cinnamomeus
Yellow-tufted Pipit 11
Anthus crenatus
Plain-backed Pipit 20
Anthus leucophrys
Long-billed Pipit 52
Anthus similis
Buffy Pipit 20
Anthus vaalensis
Orange-throated Longclaw 20
Macronyx capensis
Black-headed Oriole 38
Oriolus larvatus
Eurasian Golden Oriole 53
Oriolus oriolus
Cape Weaver 54
Ploceus capensis
Southern Masked-Weaver 20
Ploceus velatus
Scaly Weaver 55
Sporopipes squamifrons
Yellow-crowned Bishop 17
Euplectes afer
Southern Red Bishop 47
Euplectes orix
Red-billed Quelea 56
Quelea quelea
Grosbeak Weaver 57
Amblyospiza albifrons
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver 9
Plocepasser mahali
Southern Penduline Tit 58
Anthoscopus minutus
Sabota Lark
Calendulauda sabota
Benguela Lark 16
Certhilauda benguelensis
Agulhas Lark 59
Certhilauda brevirostris
Cape Lark 60
Certhilauda curvirostris
Eastern Long-billed Lark 11
Certhilauda semitorquata
Karoo Long-billed Lark 20
Certhilauda subcoronata
Cape Clapper Lark 20
Mirafra apiata

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