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Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3215_2115: Species List

A species list of plants and animals surveyed during the Karoo BioGaps Project for Pentad 3215_2115 representative of the Karoo Escarpment Grassland vegetation type in the Dry Highveld Grassland Bioregion. This Pentad is about 50 Km SSW of Fraserburg, west of the R353.

Dideric Cuckoo 1
Chrysococcyx caprius
Acacia Pied Barbet 2
Tricholaema leucomelas
European Bee-eater 3
Merops apiaster
Ring-necked Dove 4
Streptopelia capicola
Laughing Dove 5
Streptopelia senegalensis
Speckled Pigeon 3
Columba guinea
Red-faced Mousebird 6
Urocolius indicus
White-backed Mousebird 7
Colius colius
Grey-winged Francolin 8
Scleroptila afra
Three-banded Plover 4
Charadrius tricollaris
Blacksmith Lapwing 9
Vanellus armatus
Crowned Lapwing 10
Vanellus coronatus
Hadeda Ibis 11
Bostrychia hagedash
Hamerkop 3
Scopus umbretta
Rock Kestrel 12
Falco rupicolus
White-rumped Swift 13
Apus caffer
African Black Duck 5
Anas sparsa
South African Shelduck 14
Tadorna cana
Egyptian Goose 15
Alopochen aegyptiaca
Gabar Goshawk 16
Micronisus gabar
Verreaux's Eagle 17
Aquila verreauxii
Karoo Bustard 5
Eupodotis vigorsii
White-throated Swallow 18
Hirundo albigularis
Barn Swallow 19
Hirundo rustica
Plain Martin 20
Riparia paludicola
Rock Martin 21
Ptyonoprogne fuligula
Greater Striped Swallow 22
Cecropis cucullata
Southern Fiscal 9
Lanius collaris
Cape Robin-Chat 13
Cossypha caffra
Mountain Wheatear 23
Oenanthe monticola
Southern Anteater-Chat 24
Myrmecocichla formicivora
Karoo Scrub-Robin 25
Cercotrichas coryphoeus
Familiar Chat 26
Cercomela familiaris
Karoo Chat 27
Cercomela schlegelii
Sickle-winged Chat 27
Cercomela sinuata
Tractrac Chat 28
Cercomela tractrac
Malachite Sunbird 29
Nectarinia famosa
Southern Double-collared Sunbird 18
Cinnyris chalybeus
Grey Tit 30
Melaniparus afer
House Sparrow 9
Passer domesticus
Cape Sparrow 31
Passer melanurus
Fairy Flycatcher 32
Stenostira scita
Cape Crombec 27
Sylvietta rufescens
African Red-eyed Bulbul 32
Pycnonotus nigricans
European Starling 33
Sturnus vulgaris
African Pied Starling 20
Lamprotornis bicolor
Red-winged Starling 13
Onychognathus morio
Pale-winged Starling 34
Onychognathus nabouroup
Layard's Warbler 25
Sylvia layardi
Rufous-vented Warbler 32
Sylvia subcaerulea
Orange River White-eye 35
Zosterops pallidus
Cape White-eye 12
Zosterops virens
Cape Bunting 27
Emberiza capensis
Lark-like Bunting 27
Emberiza impetuani
Pririt Batis 36
Batis pririt
Common Waxbill 37
Estrilda astrild
Bokmakierie 38
Telophorus zeylonus
Cape Wagtail 38
Motacilla capensis
Yellow-tufted Pipit 13
Anthus crenatus
Southern Masked-Weaver 27
Ploceus velatus
Karoo Lark 30
Calendulauda albescens
Barlow's Lark 5
Calendulauda barlowi
Benguela Lark 25
Certhilauda benguelensis
Agulhas Lark 39
Certhilauda brevirostris
Cape Lark 40
Certhilauda curvirostris
Eastern Long-billed Lark 13
Certhilauda semitorquata
Karoo Long-billed Lark 27
Certhilauda subcoronata
Large-billed Lark 30
Galerida magnirostris
Red-capped Lark 20
Calandrella cinerea
Spike-heeled Lark 27
Chersomanes albofasciata
Yellow-rumped Eremomela 25
Eremomela gregalis
Yellow-bellied Eremomela 27
Eremomela icteropygialis
Grey-backed Cisticola 41
Cisticola subruficapilla
Levaillant's Cisticola 42
Cisticola tinniens
Rufous-eared Warbler 43
Malcorus pectoralis
Drakensberg Prinia 25
Prinia hypoxantha
Karoo Prinia 44
Prinia maculosa
White-necked Raven 45
Corvus albicollis
Pied Crow 7
Corvus albus
Cape Crow 46
Corvus capensis
White-throated Canary 47
Crithagra albogularis
Yellow Canary 47
Crithagra flaviventris
Black-headed Canary 41
Serinus alario

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