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Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3155_2330: Species List

A species list of plants and animals surveyed during the Karoo BioGaps Project for Pentad 3155_2330 representative of the Upper Karoo Hardeveld vegetation type in the Upper Karoo Bioregion. This Pentad is West of the R63 between Murraysburg and the N1, along a road that goes to Nelspoort.

Pygmy Toad 1
Poyntonophrynus vertebralis
Boettger's dainty frog 1
Cacosternum boettgeri
Tandy's sand frog 2
Tomopterna tandyi
Poynton's River Frog 1
Amietia poyntoni
Ground Agama 3
Agama aculeata
Southern Rock Agama 4
Agama atra
Spotted Sand Lizard 1
Pedioplanis lineoocellata
Namaqua Sand Lizard 5
Pedioplanis namaquensis
Karoo Sandveld Lizard
Nucras livida
Western three-striped skink 6
Trachylepis occidentalis
Western Rock Skink 7
Trachylepis sulcata
Variegated Skink 8
Trachylepis variegata
Bibron's Thick-toed Gecko 8
Chondrodactylus bibronii
Egg-eating Snake 9
Dasypeltis scabra
Karoo Sand Snake
Psammophis notostictus
Cape Terrapin
Pelomedusa galeata
Dideric Cuckoo 10
Chrysococcyx caprius
Greater Honeyguide 11
Indicator indicator
Ground Woodpecker 12
Geocolaptes olivaceus
Cardinal Woodpecker 13
Chloropicus fuscescens
Acacia Pied Barbet 14
Tricholaema leucomelas
Spotted Eagle-Owl 12
Bubo africanus
Common Ostrich 15
Struthio camelus
European Bee-eater 16
Merops apiaster
Malachite Kingfisher 17
Corythornis cristatus
Giant Kingfisher 18
Megaceryle maxima
Pied Kingfisher 19
Ceryle rudis
Ring-necked Dove 20
Streptopelia capicola
Red-eyed Dove 21
Streptopelia semitorquata
Laughing Dove 22
Streptopelia senegalensis
Speckled Pigeon 16
Columba guinea
Namaqua Dove 23
Oena capensis
Red-faced Mousebird 24
Urocolius indicus
White-backed Mousebird 25
Colius colius
White Stork 26
Ciconia ciconia
Black Stork 27
Ciconia nigra
Yellow-billed Stork 12
Mycteria ibis
Eurasian Moorhen 28
Gallinula chloropus
Red-knobbed Coot 29
Fulica cristata
Blue Crane 30
Anthropoides paradiseus
Namaqua Sandgrouse 22
Pterocles namaqua
African Hoopoe 31
Upupa epops africana
Helmeted Guineafowl 15
Numida meleagris
Grey-winged Francolin 32
Scleroptila afra
Common Buttonquail 31
Turnix sylvaticus
Wood Sandpiper 33
Tringa glareola
Common Greenshank 34
Tringa nebularia
Marsh Sandpiper 35
Tringa stagnatilis
Common Sandpiper 36
Actitis hypoleucos
Common Ringed Plover 37
Charadrius hiaticula
Kittlitz's Plover 12
Charadrius pecuarius
Three-banded Plover 20
Charadrius tricollaris
Blacksmith Lapwing 15
Vanellus armatus
Crowned Lapwing 38
Vanellus coronatus
Spotted Thick-knee 39
Burhinus capensis
Black-winged Stilt 40
Himantopus himantopus
Pied Avocet 16
Recurvirostra avosetta
Little Grebe 41
Tachybaptus ruficollis
African Spoonbill 16
Platalea alba
Sacred Ibis 42
Threskiornis aethiopicus
Hadeda Ibis 43
Bostrychia hagedash
Hamerkop 16
Scopus umbretta
Little Bittern 44
Ixobrychus minutus
Grey Heron 45
Ardea cinerea
Black-headed Heron 46
Ardea melanocephala
Black-crowned Night-Heron 47
Nycticorax nycticorax
Cattle Egret 48
Bubulcus ibis
Lanner Falcon 49
Falco biarmicus
Lesser Kestrel 12
Falco naumanni
Greater Kestrel 31
Falco rupicoloides
Rock Kestrel 50
Falco rupicolus
Rufous-cheeked Nightjar 51
Caprimulgus rufigena
Little Swift 52
Apus affinis
Common Swift 53
Apus apus
African Swift 54
Apus barbatus
White-rumped Swift 8
Apus caffer
Alpine Swift 16
Apus melba
Cape Shoveler 12
Spatula smithii
Cape Teal 55
Anas capensis
Red-billed Teal 49
Anas erythrorhyncha
African Black Duck 22
Anas sparsa
Yellow-billed Duck 56
Anas undulata
South African Shelduck 52
Tadorna cana
Egyptian Goose 57
Alopochen aegyptiaca
Secretarybird 58
Sagittarius serpentarius
Gabar Goshawk 23
Micronisus gabar
Verreaux's Eagle 59
Aquila verreauxii
Booted Eagle 42
Hieraaetus pennatus
Black Harrier 60
Circus maurus
Jackal Buzzard 61
Buteo rufofuscus
Steppe Buzzard 31
Buteo buteo vulpinus
Black-winged Kite 35
Elanus caeruleus
African Fish-Eagle 15
Haliaeetus vocifer
Pale Chanting-Goshawk 62
Melierax canorus
Martial Eagle 63
Polemaetus bellicosus
Ludwig's Bustard 64
Neotis ludwigii
Southern Black Korhaan 65
Eupodotis afra
Northern Black Korhaan 66
Eupodotis afraoides
Karoo Bustard 22
Eupodotis vigorsii
Long-tailed Cormorant 67
Microcarbo africanus

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