Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3255_2220: Species List

A species list of plants and animals surveyed during the Karoo BioGaps Project for Pentad 3255_2220 representative of the Gamka Karoo vegetation type in the Lower Karoo Bioregion. This Pentad is about 5 Km NW of Prince Albert, west of the N12.

All 340

Karoo Toad
Vandijkophrynus gariepensis

Poynton's River Frog ¹
Amietia poyntoni

Southern Rock Agama ²
Agama atra

Common Spiny Agama ³
Agama hispida

Dwarf Girdled Lizard
Cordylus minor

Pedioplanis ⁴

Burchell's Sand Lizard ¹
Pedioplanis burchelli

Spotted Sand Lizard ¹
Pedioplanis lineoocellata

Afro-Malagasy Mabuyas ⁵
Trachylepis

Western Rock Skink ⁶
Trachylepis sulcata

Variegated Skink ⁷
Trachylepis variegata

Namib Giant Ground Gecko
Chondrodactylus angulifer

Common Barking Gecko ¹
Ptenopus garrulus

Spotted Barking Gecko ⁸
Ptenopus garrulus maculatus

Cradock Thick-toed Gecko ¹
Pachydactylus geitje

Pachydactylus purcelli ⁹

Cape Coral Snake ¹⁰
Aspidelaps lubricus

Cape Cobra ¹
Naja nivea

Puff Adder ¹¹
Bitis arietans

Leopard Tortoise ¹²
Stigmochelys pardalis

Dideric Cuckoo ¹³
Chrysococcyx caprius

Cardinal Woodpecker ¹⁴
Chloropicus fuscescens

Acacia Pied Barbet ¹⁵
Tricholaema leucomelas

Spotted Eagle-Owl ¹⁶
Bubo africanus

Ring-necked Dove ¹⁷
Streptopelia capicola

Laughing Dove ¹⁸
Streptopelia senegalensis

Speckled Pigeon ¹⁹
Columba guinea

Namaqua Dove ²⁰
Oena capensis

Red-faced Mousebird ²¹
Urocolius indicus

White-backed Mousebird ²²
Colius colius

Speckled Mousebird ²³
Colius striatus

Red-knobbed Coot ²⁴
Fulica cristata

Namaqua Sandgrouse ¹⁸
Pterocles namaqua

African Hoopoe ²⁵
Upupa epops africana

Crowned Hornbill ²⁶
Lophoceros alboterminatus

Helmeted Guineafowl ²⁷
Numida meleagris

Little Stint ²⁷
Calidris minuta

Ruff ²⁸
Calidris pugnax

Double-banded Courser ⁴
Smutsornis africanus

Kittlitz's Plover ¹⁶
Charadrius pecuarius

Three-banded Plover ¹⁷
Charadrius tricollaris

Blacksmith Lapwing ²⁷
Vanellus armatus

Crowned Lapwing ²⁹
Vanellus coronatus

Spotted Thick-knee ³⁰
Burhinus capensis

Black-winged Stilt ³¹
Himantopus himantopus

Pied Avocet ¹⁹
Recurvirostra avosetta

Sacred Ibis ³²
Threskiornis aethiopicus

Hadeda Ibis ³³
Bostrychia hagedash

Hamerkop ¹⁹
Scopus umbretta

Grey Heron ³⁴
Ardea cinerea

Black-headed Heron ³⁵
Ardea melanocephala

Cattle Egret ³⁶
Bubulcus ibis

Greater Kestrel ²⁵
Falco rupicoloides

Rock Kestrel ³⁷
Falco rupicolus

Rufous-cheeked Nightjar ³⁸
Caprimulgus rufigena

Little Swift ³⁹
Apus affinis

Alpine Swift ¹⁹
Apus melba

South African Shelduck ³⁹
Tadorna cana

Egyptian Goose ⁴⁰
Alopochen aegyptiaca

Verreaux's Eagle ⁴¹
Aquila verreauxii

Pale Chanting-Goshawk ⁴²
Melierax canorus

Kori Bustard ⁴³
Ardeotis kori

Ludwig's Bustard ⁴⁴
Neotis ludwigii

Karoo Bustard ¹⁸
Eupodotis vigorsii

Barn Swallow ⁴⁵
Hirundo rustica

Rock Martin ⁴⁶
Ptyonoprogne fuligula

Greater Striped Swallow ⁴⁷
Cecropis cucullata

Southern Fiscal ²⁷
Lanius collaris

Cape Robin-Chat ⁷
Cossypha caffra

Mountain Wheatear ⁴⁸
Oenanthe monticola

Capped Wheatear ²⁵
Oenanthe pileata

Southern Anteater-Chat ⁴⁹
Myrmecocichla formicivora

Karoo Scrub-Robin ⁵⁰
Cercotrichas coryphoeus

Short-toed Rock-Thrush ²²
Monticola brevipes

Fiscal Flycatcher ⁵¹
Melaenornis silens

Familiar Chat ⁵²
Cercomela familiaris

Karoo Chat ⁵³
Cercomela schlegelii

Sickle-winged Chat ⁵³
Cercomela sinuata

Tractrac Chat ⁵⁴
Cercomela tractrac

Chat Flycatcher ¹⁶
Agricola infuscatus

Malachite Sunbird ⁵⁵
Nectarinia famosa

Southern Double-collared Sunbird ⁵⁶
Cinnyris chalybeus

Dusky Sunbird ⁵⁷
Cinnyris fuscus

Grey Tit ¹⁴
Melaniparus afer

House Sparrow ²⁷
Passer domesticus

Cape Sparrow ⁵⁸
Passer melanurus

Fairy Flycatcher ⁵⁹
Stenostira scita

Cape Crombec ⁵³
Sylvietta rufescens

Cape Bulbul ³²
Pycnonotus capensis

African Red-eyed Bulbul ⁵⁹
Pycnonotus nigricans

Sombre Greenbul ⁵³
Andropadus importunus

European Starling ⁶⁰
Sturnus vulgaris

African Pied Starling ¹⁶
Lamprotornis bicolor

Red-winged Starling ⁷
Onychognathus morio

Pale-winged Starling ⁶¹
Onychognathus nabouroup

Wattled Starling ⁶²
Creatophora cinerea

Layard's Warbler ⁵⁰
Sylvia layardi

Rufous-vented Warbler ²⁵
Sylvia subcaerulea

Olive Thrush ⁶³
Turdus olivaceus

Karoo Thrush ⁶⁴
Turdus smithi

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Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3255_2220: Species List

Karoo Toad Vandijkophrynus gariepensis

Poynton's River Frog 1 Amietia poyntoni

Southern Rock Agama 2 Agama atra

Common Spiny Agama 3 Agama hispida

Dwarf Girdled Lizard Cordylus minor

Pedioplanis 4

Burchell's Sand Lizard 1 Pedioplanis burchelli

Spotted Sand Lizard 1 Pedioplanis lineoocellata

Afro-Malagasy Mabuyas 5 Trachylepis

Western Rock Skink 6 Trachylepis sulcata

Variegated Skink 7 Trachylepis variegata

Namib Giant Ground Gecko Chondrodactylus angulifer

Common Barking Gecko 1 Ptenopus garrulus

Spotted Barking Gecko 8 Ptenopus garrulus maculatus

Cradock Thick-toed Gecko 1 Pachydactylus geitje

Pachydactylus purcelli 9

Cape Coral Snake 10 Aspidelaps lubricus

Cape Cobra 1 Naja nivea

Puff Adder 11 Bitis arietans

Leopard Tortoise 12 Stigmochelys pardalis

Dideric Cuckoo 13 Chrysococcyx caprius

Cardinal Woodpecker 14 Chloropicus fuscescens

Acacia Pied Barbet 15 Tricholaema leucomelas

Spotted Eagle-Owl 16 Bubo africanus

Ring-necked Dove 17 Streptopelia capicola

Laughing Dove 18 Streptopelia senegalensis

Speckled Pigeon 19 Columba guinea

Namaqua Dove 20 Oena capensis

Red-faced Mousebird 21 Urocolius indicus

White-backed Mousebird 22 Colius colius

Speckled Mousebird 23 Colius striatus

Red-knobbed Coot 24 Fulica cristata

Namaqua Sandgrouse 18 Pterocles namaqua

African Hoopoe 25 Upupa epops africana

Crowned Hornbill 26 Lophoceros alboterminatus

Helmeted Guineafowl 27 Numida meleagris

Little Stint 27 Calidris minuta

Ruff 28 Calidris pugnax

Double-banded Courser 4 Smutsornis africanus

Kittlitz's Plover 16 Charadrius pecuarius

Three-banded Plover 17 Charadrius tricollaris

Blacksmith Lapwing 27 Vanellus armatus

Crowned Lapwing 29 Vanellus coronatus

Spotted Thick-knee 30 Burhinus capensis

Black-winged Stilt 31 Himantopus himantopus

Pied Avocet 19 Recurvirostra avosetta

Sacred Ibis 32 Threskiornis aethiopicus

Hadeda Ibis 33 Bostrychia hagedash

Hamerkop 19 Scopus umbretta

Grey Heron 34 Ardea cinerea

Black-headed Heron 35 Ardea melanocephala

Cattle Egret 36 Bubulcus ibis

Greater Kestrel 25 Falco rupicoloides

Rock Kestrel 37 Falco rupicolus

Rufous-cheeked Nightjar 38 Caprimulgus rufigena

Little Swift 39 Apus affinis

Alpine Swift 19 Apus melba

South African Shelduck 39 Tadorna cana

Egyptian Goose 40 Alopochen aegyptiaca

Verreaux's Eagle 41 Aquila verreauxii

Pale Chanting-Goshawk 42 Melierax canorus

Kori Bustard 43 Ardeotis kori

Ludwig's Bustard 44 Neotis ludwigii

Karoo Bustard 18 Eupodotis vigorsii

Barn Swallow 45 Hirundo rustica

Rock Martin 46 Ptyonoprogne fuligula

Greater Striped Swallow 47 Cecropis cucullata

Southern Fiscal 27 Lanius collaris

Cape Robin-Chat 7 Cossypha caffra

Mountain Wheatear 48 Oenanthe monticola

Capped Wheatear 25 Oenanthe pileata

Southern Anteater-Chat 49 Myrmecocichla formicivora

Karoo Scrub-Robin 50 Cercotrichas coryphoeus

Short-toed Rock-Thrush 22 Monticola brevipes

Fiscal Flycatcher 51 Melaenornis silens

Familiar Chat 52 Cercomela familiaris

Karoo Chat 53 Cercomela schlegelii

Sickle-winged Chat 53 Cercomela sinuata

Tractrac Chat 54 Cercomela tractrac