Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3120_2215: Species List

A species list of plants and animals surveyed during the Karoo BioGaps Project for Pentad 3120_2215 representative of the Eastern Upper Karoo vegetation type in the Upper Karoo Bioregion. This site is about 14 Km NW of Loxton, on the R63.

All 372

Karoo Toad
Vandijkophrynus gariepensis

African Clawed Frog ¹
Xenopus laevis

Poynton's River Frog ¹
Amietia poyntoni

Southern Rock Agama ²
Agama atra

Karoo Girdled Lizard ³
Karusasaurus polyzonus

Namaqua Sand Lizard ⁴
Pedioplanis namaquensis

Western Rock Skink ⁵
Trachylepis sulcata

Variegated Skink ⁶
Trachylepis variegata

Pachydactylus purcelli ⁷

Karoo Sand Snake
Psammophis notostictus

Tent Tortoise ³
Psammobates tentorius

Boulenger's Cape tortoise ⁸
Chersobius boulengeri

Leopard Tortoise ⁹
Stigmochelys pardalis

Acacia Pied Barbet ¹⁰
Tricholaema leucomelas

Spotted Eagle-Owl ¹¹
Bubo africanus

European Bee-eater ¹²
Merops apiaster

Ring-necked Dove ¹³
Streptopelia capicola

Red-eyed Dove ¹⁴
Streptopelia semitorquata

Laughing Dove ¹⁵
Streptopelia senegalensis

Speckled Pigeon ¹²
Columba guinea

Namaqua Dove ¹⁶
Oena capensis

Red-faced Mousebird ¹⁷
Urocolius indicus

White-backed Mousebird ¹⁸
Colius colius

Eurasian Moorhen ¹⁹
Gallinula chloropus

Red-knobbed Coot ²⁰
Fulica cristata

Namaqua Sandgrouse ¹⁵
Pterocles namaqua

African Hoopoe ²¹
Upupa epops africana

Grey-winged Francolin ²²
Scleroptila afra

Curlew Sandpiper ¹²
Calidris ferruginea

Little Stint ²³
Calidris minuta

Common Greenshank ²⁴
Tringa nebularia

Kittlitz's Plover ¹¹
Charadrius pecuarius

Three-banded Plover ¹³
Charadrius tricollaris

Blacksmith Lapwing ²³
Vanellus armatus

Crowned Lapwing ²⁵
Vanellus coronatus

Black-winged Stilt ²⁶
Himantopus himantopus

Pied Avocet ¹²
Recurvirostra avosetta

Eared Grebe ²⁷
Podiceps nigricollis

Little Grebe ²⁸
Tachybaptus ruficollis

African Spoonbill ¹²
Platalea alba

Sacred Ibis ²⁹
Threskiornis aethiopicus

Hadeda Ibis ³⁰
Bostrychia hagedash

Hamerkop ¹²
Scopus umbretta

Grey Heron ³¹
Ardea cinerea

Black-headed Heron ³²
Ardea melanocephala

Cattle Egret ³³
Bubulcus ibis

Lanner Falcon ³⁴
Falco biarmicus

Lesser Kestrel ¹¹
Falco naumanni

Greater Kestrel ²¹
Falco rupicoloides

Rock Kestrel ³⁵
Falco rupicolus

Little Swift ³⁶
Apus affinis

Common Swift ³⁷
Apus apus

White-rumped Swift ⁶
Apus caffer

Cape Shoveler ¹¹
Spatula smithii

Cape Teal ³⁸
Anas capensis

Red-billed Teal ³⁴
Anas erythrorhyncha

Yellow-billed Duck ³⁹
Anas undulata

South African Shelduck ³⁶
Tadorna cana

Southern Pochard ²⁹
Netta erythrophthalma

Egyptian Goose ⁴⁰
Alopochen aegyptiaca

Black Harrier ⁴¹
Circus maurus

Jackal Buzzard ⁴²
Buteo rufofuscus

Steppe Buzzard ²¹
Buteo buteo vulpinus

Pale Chanting-Goshawk ⁴³
Melierax canorus

Martial Eagle ⁴⁴
Polemaetus bellicosus

Karoo Bustard ¹⁵
Eupodotis vigorsii

Long-tailed Cormorant ⁴⁵
Microcarbo africanus

Great Cormorant ⁴⁶
Phalacrocorax carbo

South African Swallow ²⁹
Petrochelidon spilodera

White-throated Swallow ⁴⁷
Hirundo albigularis

Barn Swallow ⁴⁸
Hirundo rustica

Plain Martin ¹¹
Riparia paludicola

Rock Martin ⁴⁹
Ptyonoprogne fuligula

Greater Striped Swallow ⁵⁰
Cecropis cucullata

Southern Fiscal ²³
Lanius collaris

Cape Robin-Chat ⁶
Cossypha caffra

Mountain Wheatear ⁵¹
Oenanthe monticola

Capped Wheatear ²¹
Oenanthe pileata

Southern Anteater-Chat ⁵²
Myrmecocichla formicivora

Spotted Flycatcher ⁵³
Muscicapa striata

Karoo Scrub-Robin ⁵⁴
Cercotrichas coryphoeus

Familiar Chat ⁵⁵
Cercomela familiaris

Karoo Chat ⁵⁶
Cercomela schlegelii

Sickle-winged Chat ⁵⁶
Cercomela sinuata

Tractrac Chat ⁵⁷
Cercomela tractrac

Chat Flycatcher ¹¹
Agricola infuscatus

Malachite Sunbird ⁵⁸
Nectarinia famosa

Dusky Sunbird ⁵⁹
Cinnyris fuscus

Grey Tit ⁶⁰
Melaniparus afer

House Sparrow ²³
Passer domesticus

Cape Sparrow ⁶¹
Passer melanurus

Cape Crombec ⁵⁶
Sylvietta rufescens

African Red-eyed Bulbul ⁶²
Pycnonotus nigricans

European Starling ⁶³
Sturnus vulgaris

African Pied Starling ¹¹
Lamprotornis bicolor

Wattled Starling ⁶⁴
Creatophora cinerea

Rufous-vented Warbler ²¹
Sylvia subcaerulea

Olive Thrush ⁶⁵
Turdus olivaceus

Karoo Thrush ⁶⁶
Turdus smithi

Orange River White-eye ⁶⁷
Zosterops pallidus

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Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3120_2215: Species List

Karoo Toad Vandijkophrynus gariepensis

African Clawed Frog 1 Xenopus laevis

Poynton's River Frog 1 Amietia poyntoni

Southern Rock Agama 2 Agama atra

Karoo Girdled Lizard 3 Karusasaurus polyzonus

Namaqua Sand Lizard 4 Pedioplanis namaquensis

Western Rock Skink 5 Trachylepis sulcata

Variegated Skink 6 Trachylepis variegata

Pachydactylus purcelli 7

Karoo Sand Snake Psammophis notostictus

Tent Tortoise 3 Psammobates tentorius

Boulenger's Cape tortoise 8 Chersobius boulengeri

Leopard Tortoise 9 Stigmochelys pardalis

Acacia Pied Barbet 10 Tricholaema leucomelas

Spotted Eagle-Owl 11 Bubo africanus

European Bee-eater 12 Merops apiaster

Ring-necked Dove 13 Streptopelia capicola

Red-eyed Dove 14 Streptopelia semitorquata

Laughing Dove 15 Streptopelia senegalensis

Speckled Pigeon 12 Columba guinea

Namaqua Dove 16 Oena capensis

Red-faced Mousebird 17 Urocolius indicus

White-backed Mousebird 18 Colius colius

Eurasian Moorhen 19 Gallinula chloropus

Red-knobbed Coot 20 Fulica cristata

Namaqua Sandgrouse 15 Pterocles namaqua

African Hoopoe 21 Upupa epops africana

Grey-winged Francolin 22 Scleroptila afra

Curlew Sandpiper 12 Calidris ferruginea

Little Stint 23 Calidris minuta

Common Greenshank 24 Tringa nebularia

Kittlitz's Plover 11 Charadrius pecuarius

Three-banded Plover 13 Charadrius tricollaris

Blacksmith Lapwing 23 Vanellus armatus

Crowned Lapwing 25 Vanellus coronatus

Black-winged Stilt 26 Himantopus himantopus

Pied Avocet 12 Recurvirostra avosetta

Eared Grebe 27 Podiceps nigricollis

Little Grebe 28 Tachybaptus ruficollis

African Spoonbill 12 Platalea alba

Sacred Ibis 29 Threskiornis aethiopicus

Hadeda Ibis 30 Bostrychia hagedash

Hamerkop 12 Scopus umbretta

Grey Heron 31 Ardea cinerea

Black-headed Heron 32 Ardea melanocephala

Cattle Egret 33 Bubulcus ibis

Lanner Falcon 34 Falco biarmicus

Lesser Kestrel 11 Falco naumanni

Greater Kestrel 21 Falco rupicoloides

Rock Kestrel 35 Falco rupicolus

Little Swift 36 Apus affinis

Common Swift 37 Apus apus

White-rumped Swift 6 Apus caffer

Cape Shoveler 11 Spatula smithii

Cape Teal 38 Anas capensis

Red-billed Teal 34 Anas erythrorhyncha

Yellow-billed Duck 39 Anas undulata

South African Shelduck 36 Tadorna cana

Southern Pochard 29 Netta erythrophthalma

Egyptian Goose 40 Alopochen aegyptiaca

Black Harrier 41 Circus maurus

Jackal Buzzard 42 Buteo rufofuscus

Steppe Buzzard 21 Buteo buteo vulpinus

Pale Chanting-Goshawk 43 Melierax canorus

Martial Eagle 44 Polemaetus bellicosus

Karoo Bustard 15 Eupodotis vigorsii

Long-tailed Cormorant 45 Microcarbo africanus

Great Cormorant 46 Phalacrocorax carbo

South African Swallow 29 Petrochelidon spilodera

White-throated Swallow 47 Hirundo albigularis

Barn Swallow 48 Hirundo rustica

Plain Martin 11 Riparia paludicola

Rock Martin 49 Ptyonoprogne fuligula

Greater Striped Swallow 50 Cecropis cucullata

Southern Fiscal 23 Lanius collaris

Cape Robin-Chat 6 Cossypha caffra

Mountain Wheatear 51 Oenanthe monticola

Capped Wheatear 21 Oenanthe pileata

Southern Anteater-Chat 52 Myrmecocichla formicivora