Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3245_2315: Species List

A species list of plants and animals surveyed during the Karoo BioGaps Project for Pentad 3245_2315 representative of the Gamka Karoo vegetation type in the Lower Karoo Bioregion. This Pentad is about 20 Km NE of Rietbron.

All 185

Boettger's dainty frog ¹
Cacosternum boettgeri

Delalande's sand frog ¹
Tomopterna delalandii

Poynton's River Frog ¹
Amietia poyntoni

Burchell's Sand Lizard ¹
Pedioplanis burchelli

Spotted Sand Lizard ¹
Pedioplanis lineoocellata

Namaqua Sand Lizard ²
Pedioplanis namaquensis

Karoo Sandveld Lizard
Nucras livida

Variegated Skink ³
Trachylepis variegata

Bibron's Thick-toed Gecko ³
Chondrodactylus bibronii

Marico Thick-toed Gecko ⁴
Pachydactylus mariquensis

Tent Tortoise ⁵
Psammobates tentorius

Southern tent tortoise ⁶
Psammobates tentorius tentorius

Leopard Tortoise ⁷
Stigmochelys pardalis

Acacia Pied Barbet ⁸
Tricholaema leucomelas

Common Ostrich ⁹
Struthio camelus

Ring-necked Dove ¹⁰
Streptopelia capicola

Red-eyed Dove ¹¹
Streptopelia semitorquata

Laughing Dove ¹²
Streptopelia senegalensis

Speckled Pigeon ¹³
Columba guinea

Namaqua Dove ¹⁴
Oena capensis

Red-faced Mousebird ¹⁵
Urocolius indicus

White-backed Mousebird ¹⁶
Colius colius

Speckled Mousebird ¹⁷
Colius striatus

Eurasian Moorhen ¹⁸
Gallinula chloropus

Red-knobbed Coot ¹⁹
Fulica cristata

Blue Crane ²⁰
Anthropoides paradiseus

Namaqua Sandgrouse ¹²
Pterocles namaqua

Helmeted Guineafowl ⁹
Numida meleagris

Common Sandpiper ²¹
Actitis hypoleucos

White-winged Tern ²²
Chlidonias leucopterus

Double-banded Courser ²³
Smutsornis africanus

Kittlitz's Plover ²⁴
Charadrius pecuarius

Three-banded Plover ¹⁰
Charadrius tricollaris

Blacksmith Lapwing ⁹
Vanellus armatus

Crowned Lapwing ²⁵
Vanellus coronatus

Spotted Thick-knee ²⁶
Burhinus capensis

Black-winged Stilt ²²
Himantopus himantopus

Pied Avocet ¹³
Recurvirostra avosetta

Little Grebe ²⁷
Tachybaptus ruficollis

Hadeda Ibis ²⁸
Bostrychia hagedash

Grey Heron ²⁹
Ardea cinerea

Greater Kestrel ³⁰
Falco rupicoloides

Little Swift ³¹
Apus affinis

African Swift ³²
Apus barbatus

White-rumped Swift ³
Apus caffer

Cape Shoveler ²⁴
Spatula smithii

Red-billed Teal ³³
Anas erythrorhyncha

Yellow-billed Duck ³⁴
Anas undulata

South African Shelduck ³¹
Tadorna cana

Egyptian Goose ³⁵
Alopochen aegyptiaca

Spur-winged Goose ¹³
Plectropterus gambensis

Secretarybird ³⁶
Sagittarius serpentarius

Booted Eagle ³⁷
Hieraaetus pennatus

Steppe Buzzard ³⁰
Buteo buteo vulpinus

Black-winged Kite ³⁸
Elanus caeruleus

African Fish-Eagle ⁹
Haliaeetus vocifer

Pale Chanting-Goshawk ³⁹
Melierax canorus

Martial Eagle ⁴⁰
Polemaetus bellicosus

Kori Bustard ⁴¹
Ardeotis kori

Ludwig's Bustard ⁴²
Neotis ludwigii

Karoo Bustard ¹²
Eupodotis vigorsii

White-throated Swallow ⁴³
Hirundo albigularis

Barn Swallow ⁴⁴
Hirundo rustica

Plain Martin ²⁴
Riparia paludicola

Rock Martin ⁴⁵
Ptyonoprogne fuligula

Greater Striped Swallow ⁴⁶
Cecropis cucullata

Southern Fiscal ⁹
Lanius collaris

Cape Robin-Chat ³
Cossypha caffra

Mountain Wheatear ⁴⁷
Oenanthe monticola

Southern Anteater-Chat ⁴⁸
Myrmecocichla formicivora

Karoo Scrub-Robin ³²
Cercotrichas coryphoeus

Fiscal Flycatcher ⁴⁹
Melaenornis silens

Familiar Chat ⁵⁰
Cercomela familiaris

Karoo Chat ⁵¹
Cercomela schlegelii

Sickle-winged Chat ⁵¹
Cercomela sinuata

Chat Flycatcher ²⁴
Agricola infuscatus

Malachite Sunbird ⁵²
Nectarinia famosa

Grey Tit ⁵³
Melaniparus afer

Southern Grey-headed Sparrow ⁵¹
Passer diffusus

House Sparrow ⁹
Passer domesticus

Northern Grey-headed Sparrow ⁵⁴
Passer griseus

Cape Sparrow ⁵⁵
Passer melanurus

Fairy Flycatcher ⁵⁶
Stenostira scita

Cape Crombec ⁵¹
Sylvietta rufescens

African Red-eyed Bulbul ⁵⁶
Pycnonotus nigricans

African Pied Starling ²⁴
Lamprotornis bicolor

Layard's Warbler ³²
Sylvia layardi

Rufous-vented Warbler ³⁰
Sylvia subcaerulea

Olive Thrush ⁵⁷
Turdus olivaceus

Karoo Thrush ⁵⁸
Turdus smithi

Orange River White-eye ⁵⁹
Zosterops pallidus

Cape White-eye ⁶⁰
Zosterops virens

Cape Bunting ⁵¹
Emberiza capensis

Lark-like Bunting ⁵¹
Emberiza impetuani

Pririt Batis ⁶¹
Batis pririt

Red-billed Firefinch ⁶²
Lagonosticta senegala

Red-headed Finch ³⁰
Amadina erythrocephala

Bokmakierie ⁶³
Telophorus zeylonus

Cape Wagtail ⁶³
Motacilla capensis

African Pipit ⁶⁴
Anthus cinnamomeus

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Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3245_2315: Species List

Boettger's dainty frog 1 Cacosternum boettgeri

Delalande's sand frog 1 Tomopterna delalandii

Poynton's River Frog 1 Amietia poyntoni

Burchell's Sand Lizard 1 Pedioplanis burchelli

Spotted Sand Lizard 1 Pedioplanis lineoocellata

Namaqua Sand Lizard 2 Pedioplanis namaquensis

Karoo Sandveld Lizard Nucras livida

Variegated Skink 3 Trachylepis variegata

Bibron's Thick-toed Gecko 3 Chondrodactylus bibronii

Marico Thick-toed Gecko 4 Pachydactylus mariquensis

Tent Tortoise 5 Psammobates tentorius

Southern tent tortoise 6 Psammobates tentorius tentorius

Leopard Tortoise 7 Stigmochelys pardalis

Acacia Pied Barbet 8 Tricholaema leucomelas

Common Ostrich 9 Struthio camelus

Ring-necked Dove 10 Streptopelia capicola

Red-eyed Dove 11 Streptopelia semitorquata

Laughing Dove 12 Streptopelia senegalensis

Speckled Pigeon 13 Columba guinea

Namaqua Dove 14 Oena capensis

Red-faced Mousebird 15 Urocolius indicus

White-backed Mousebird 16 Colius colius

Speckled Mousebird 17 Colius striatus

Eurasian Moorhen 18 Gallinula chloropus

Red-knobbed Coot 19 Fulica cristata

Blue Crane 20 Anthropoides paradiseus

Namaqua Sandgrouse 12 Pterocles namaqua

Helmeted Guineafowl 9 Numida meleagris

Common Sandpiper 21 Actitis hypoleucos

White-winged Tern 22 Chlidonias leucopterus

Double-banded Courser 23 Smutsornis africanus

Kittlitz's Plover 24 Charadrius pecuarius

Three-banded Plover 10 Charadrius tricollaris

Blacksmith Lapwing 9 Vanellus armatus

Crowned Lapwing 25 Vanellus coronatus

Spotted Thick-knee 26 Burhinus capensis

Black-winged Stilt 22 Himantopus himantopus

Pied Avocet 13 Recurvirostra avosetta

Little Grebe 27 Tachybaptus ruficollis

Hadeda Ibis 28 Bostrychia hagedash

Grey Heron 29 Ardea cinerea

Greater Kestrel 30 Falco rupicoloides

Little Swift 31 Apus affinis

African Swift 32 Apus barbatus

White-rumped Swift 3 Apus caffer

Cape Shoveler 24 Spatula smithii

Red-billed Teal 33 Anas erythrorhyncha

Yellow-billed Duck 34 Anas undulata

South African Shelduck 31 Tadorna cana

Egyptian Goose 35 Alopochen aegyptiaca

Spur-winged Goose 13 Plectropterus gambensis

Secretarybird 36 Sagittarius serpentarius

Booted Eagle 37 Hieraaetus pennatus

Steppe Buzzard 30 Buteo buteo vulpinus

Black-winged Kite 38 Elanus caeruleus

African Fish-Eagle 9 Haliaeetus vocifer

Pale Chanting-Goshawk 39 Melierax canorus

Martial Eagle 40 Polemaetus bellicosus

Kori Bustard 41 Ardeotis kori

Ludwig's Bustard 42 Neotis ludwigii

Karoo Bustard 12 Eupodotis vigorsii

White-throated Swallow 43 Hirundo albigularis

Barn Swallow 44 Hirundo rustica

Plain Martin 24 Riparia paludicola

Rock Martin 45 Ptyonoprogne fuligula

Greater Striped Swallow 46 Cecropis cucullata

Southern Fiscal 9 Lanius collaris

Cape Robin-Chat 3 Cossypha caffra

Mountain Wheatear 47 Oenanthe monticola

Southern Anteater-Chat 48 Myrmecocichla formicivora

Karoo Scrub-Robin 32 Cercotrichas coryphoeus

Fiscal Flycatcher 49 Melaenornis silens

Familiar Chat 50 Cercomela familiaris

Karoo Chat 51 Cercomela schlegelii

Sickle-winged Chat 51 Cercomela sinuata

Chat Flycatcher 24 Agricola infuscatus

Malachite Sunbird 52 Nectarinia famosa

Grey Tit 53 Melaniparus afer

Southern Grey-headed Sparrow 51 Passer diffusus