Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3225_2205: Species List

A species list of plants and animals surveyed during the Karoo BioGaps Project for Pentad 3225_2205 representative of the Gamka Karoo vegetation type in the Lower Karoo Bioregion. This Pentad is about 43 Km west of Beaufort West, north of the N1.

All 299

Karoo Toad
Vandijkophrynus gariepensis

African Clawed Frog ¹
Xenopus laevis

Boettger's dainty frog ¹
Cacosternum boettgeri

Poynton's River Frog ¹
Amietia poyntoni

Spotted Sand Lizard ¹
Pedioplanis lineoocellata

Namaqua Sand Lizard ²
Pedioplanis namaquensis

Spotted Sand Lizard ³
Meroles suborbitalis

Western Rock Skink ³
Trachylepis sulcata

Bibron's Thick-toed Gecko ⁴
Chondrodactylus bibronii

Common Barking Gecko ¹
Ptenopus garrulus

Spotted Barking Gecko ⁵
Ptenopus garrulus maculatus

Cape Thick-toed Gecko
Pachydactylus capensis

Pachydactylus purcelli ⁶

Puff Adder ⁷
Bitis arietans

Tent Tortoise ⁸
Psammobates tentorius

Southern tent tortoise ⁹
Psammobates tentorius tentorius

Cape Terrapin
Pelomedusa galeata

Dideric Cuckoo ¹⁰
Chrysococcyx caprius

Acacia Pied Barbet ¹¹
Tricholaema leucomelas

Spotted Eagle-Owl ¹²
Bubo africanus

European Bee-eater ¹³
Merops apiaster

Brown-hooded Kingfisher ¹²
Halcyon albiventris

Ring-necked Dove ¹⁴
Streptopelia capicola

Red-eyed Dove ¹⁵
Streptopelia semitorquata

Laughing Dove ¹⁶
Streptopelia senegalensis

Speckled Pigeon ¹³
Columba guinea

Rock Pigeon ¹⁷
Columba livia

Namaqua Dove ¹⁸
Oena capensis

Red-faced Mousebird ¹⁹
Urocolius indicus

White-backed Mousebird ²⁰
Colius colius

Black Stork ²¹
Ciconia nigra

Red-knobbed Coot ²²
Fulica cristata

Namaqua Sandgrouse ¹⁶
Pterocles namaqua

African Hoopoe ²³
Upupa epops africana

Helmeted Guineafowl ²⁴
Numida meleagris

Grey-winged Francolin ²⁵
Scleroptila afra

Common Greenshank ²⁶
Tringa nebularia

Double-banded Courser ²⁷
Smutsornis africanus

Burchell's Courser ²⁸
Cursorius rufus

Kittlitz's Plover ¹²
Charadrius pecuarius

Three-banded Plover ¹⁴
Charadrius tricollaris

Blacksmith Lapwing ²⁴
Vanellus armatus

Crowned Lapwing ²⁹
Vanellus coronatus

Spotted Thick-knee ³⁰
Burhinus capensis

Black-winged Stilt ³¹
Himantopus himantopus

Pied Avocet ¹³
Recurvirostra avosetta

African Spoonbill ¹³
Platalea alba

Hadeda Ibis ³²
Bostrychia hagedash

Hamerkop ¹³
Scopus umbretta

Grey Heron ³³
Ardea cinerea

Black-crowned Night-Heron ³⁴
Nycticorax nycticorax

Cattle Egret ³⁵
Bubulcus ibis

Lanner Falcon ³⁶
Falco biarmicus

Greater Kestrel ²³
Falco rupicoloides

Rock Kestrel ³⁷
Falco rupicolus

Fiery-necked Nightjar ³⁸
Caprimulgus pectoralis

Rufous-cheeked Nightjar ³⁹
Caprimulgus rufigena

Little Swift ⁴⁰
Apus affinis

Common Swift ⁴¹
Apus apus

African Swift ⁴²
Apus barbatus

White-rumped Swift ⁴
Apus caffer

Alpine Swift ¹³
Apus melba

Cape Teal ⁴³
Anas capensis

Yellow-billed Duck ⁴⁴
Anas undulata

South African Shelduck ⁴⁰
Tadorna cana

Egyptian Goose ⁴⁵
Alopochen aegyptiaca

Verreaux's Eagle ⁴⁶
Aquila verreauxii

Booted Eagle ⁴⁷
Hieraaetus pennatus

Black Harrier ⁴⁸
Circus maurus

Black-winged Kite ⁴⁹
Elanus caeruleus

Pale Chanting-Goshawk ⁵⁰
Melierax canorus

Kori Bustard ⁵¹
Ardeotis kori

Ludwig's Bustard ⁵²
Neotis ludwigii

Karoo Bustard ¹⁶
Eupodotis vigorsii

Great Cormorant ⁵³
Phalacrocorax carbo

White-throated Swallow ⁵⁴
Hirundo albigularis

Pearl-breasted Swallow ⁵⁵
Hirundo dimidiata

Barn Swallow ⁵⁶
Hirundo rustica

Banded Martin ⁴⁷
Riparia cincta

Plain Martin ¹²
Riparia paludicola

Rock Martin ⁵⁷
Ptyonoprogne fuligula

Greater Striped Swallow ⁵⁸
Cecropis cucullata

Southern Fiscal ²⁴
Lanius collaris

Cape Robin-Chat ⁴
Cossypha caffra

Mountain Wheatear ⁵⁹
Oenanthe monticola

Southern Anteater-Chat ⁶⁰
Myrmecocichla formicivora

Karoo Scrub-Robin ⁴²
Cercotrichas coryphoeus

Fiscal Flycatcher ⁶¹
Melaenornis silens

Familiar Chat ⁶²
Cercomela familiaris

Karoo Chat ⁶³
Cercomela schlegelii

Sickle-winged Chat ⁶³
Cercomela sinuata

Tractrac Chat ⁶⁴
Cercomela tractrac

Chat Flycatcher ¹²
Agricola infuscatus

Malachite Sunbird ⁶⁵
Nectarinia famosa

Southern Double-collared Sunbird ⁵⁴
Cinnyris chalybeus

Dusky Sunbird ⁶⁶
Cinnyris fuscus

Grey Tit ⁶⁷
Melaniparus afer

Southern Grey-headed Sparrow ⁶³
Passer diffusus

House Sparrow ²⁴
Passer domesticus

Northern Grey-headed Sparrow ⁶⁸
Passer griseus

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Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3225_2205: Species List

Karoo Toad Vandijkophrynus gariepensis

African Clawed Frog 1 Xenopus laevis

Boettger's dainty frog 1 Cacosternum boettgeri

Poynton's River Frog 1 Amietia poyntoni

Spotted Sand Lizard 1 Pedioplanis lineoocellata

Namaqua Sand Lizard 2 Pedioplanis namaquensis

Spotted Sand Lizard 3 Meroles suborbitalis

Western Rock Skink 3 Trachylepis sulcata

Bibron's Thick-toed Gecko 4 Chondrodactylus bibronii

Common Barking Gecko 1 Ptenopus garrulus

Spotted Barking Gecko 5 Ptenopus garrulus maculatus

Cape Thick-toed Gecko Pachydactylus capensis

Pachydactylus purcelli 6

Puff Adder 7 Bitis arietans

Tent Tortoise 8 Psammobates tentorius

Southern tent tortoise 9 Psammobates tentorius tentorius

Cape Terrapin Pelomedusa galeata

Dideric Cuckoo 10 Chrysococcyx caprius

Acacia Pied Barbet 11 Tricholaema leucomelas

Spotted Eagle-Owl 12 Bubo africanus

European Bee-eater 13 Merops apiaster

Brown-hooded Kingfisher 12 Halcyon albiventris

Ring-necked Dove 14 Streptopelia capicola

Red-eyed Dove 15 Streptopelia semitorquata

Laughing Dove 16 Streptopelia senegalensis

Speckled Pigeon 13 Columba guinea

Rock Pigeon 17 Columba livia

Namaqua Dove 18 Oena capensis

Red-faced Mousebird 19 Urocolius indicus

White-backed Mousebird 20 Colius colius

Black Stork 21 Ciconia nigra

Red-knobbed Coot 22 Fulica cristata

Namaqua Sandgrouse 16 Pterocles namaqua

African Hoopoe 23 Upupa epops africana

Helmeted Guineafowl 24 Numida meleagris

Grey-winged Francolin 25 Scleroptila afra

Common Greenshank 26 Tringa nebularia

Double-banded Courser 27 Smutsornis africanus

Burchell's Courser 28 Cursorius rufus

Kittlitz's Plover 12 Charadrius pecuarius

Three-banded Plover 14 Charadrius tricollaris

Blacksmith Lapwing 24 Vanellus armatus

Crowned Lapwing 29 Vanellus coronatus

Spotted Thick-knee 30 Burhinus capensis

Black-winged Stilt 31 Himantopus himantopus

Pied Avocet 13 Recurvirostra avosetta

African Spoonbill 13 Platalea alba

Hadeda Ibis 32 Bostrychia hagedash

Hamerkop 13 Scopus umbretta

Grey Heron 33 Ardea cinerea

Black-crowned Night-Heron 34 Nycticorax nycticorax

Cattle Egret 35 Bubulcus ibis

Lanner Falcon 36 Falco biarmicus

Greater Kestrel 23 Falco rupicoloides

Rock Kestrel 37 Falco rupicolus

Fiery-necked Nightjar 38 Caprimulgus pectoralis

Rufous-cheeked Nightjar 39 Caprimulgus rufigena

Little Swift 40 Apus affinis

Common Swift 41 Apus apus

African Swift 42 Apus barbatus

White-rumped Swift 4 Apus caffer

Alpine Swift 13 Apus melba

Cape Teal 43 Anas capensis

Yellow-billed Duck 44 Anas undulata

South African Shelduck 40 Tadorna cana

Egyptian Goose 45 Alopochen aegyptiaca

Verreaux's Eagle 46 Aquila verreauxii

Booted Eagle 47 Hieraaetus pennatus

Black Harrier 48 Circus maurus

Black-winged Kite 49 Elanus caeruleus

Pale Chanting-Goshawk 50 Melierax canorus

Kori Bustard 51 Ardeotis kori

Ludwig's Bustard 52 Neotis ludwigii

Karoo Bustard 16 Eupodotis vigorsii

Great Cormorant 53 Phalacrocorax carbo

White-throated Swallow 54 Hirundo albigularis

Pearl-breasted Swallow 55 Hirundo dimidiata

Barn Swallow 56 Hirundo rustica

Banded Martin 47 Riparia cincta