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Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3150_2045: Species List

A species list of plants and animals surveyed during the Karoo BioGaps Project for Pentad 3150_2045 representative of the Western Upper Karoo vegetation type in the Upper Karoo Bioregion. This site is about 60 Km north of Sutherland, east of the R354.

Karoo Toad
Vandijkophrynus gariepensis
Karoo Girdled Lizard 1
Karusasaurus polyzonus
Dwarf Plated Lizard 2
Cordylosaurus subtessellatus
Namaqua Plated Lizard 3
Gerrhosaurus typicus
Spotted Sand Lizard 3
Pedioplanis lineoocellata
Namaqua Sand Lizard 4
Pedioplanis namaquensis
Striped Sandveld Lizard 5
Nucras tessellata
Spotted Sand Lizard 6
Meroles suborbitalis
Western Rock Skink 6
Trachylepis sulcata
Variegated Skink 7
Trachylepis variegata
Bibron's Thick-toed Gecko 7
Chondrodactylus bibronii
Pachydactylus purcelli 8
Horned Adder 4
Bitis caudalis
Tent Tortoise 1
Psammobates tentorius
Boulenger's Cape tortoise 9
Chersobius boulengeri
Ground Woodpecker 10
Geocolaptes olivaceus
Acacia Pied Barbet 11
Tricholaema leucomelas
Common Ostrich 12
Struthio camelus
European Bee-eater 13
Merops apiaster
Ring-necked Dove 14
Streptopelia capicola
Laughing Dove 15
Streptopelia senegalensis
Speckled Pigeon 13
Columba guinea
Namaqua Dove 16
Oena capensis
Red-faced Mousebird 17
Urocolius indicus
White-backed Mousebird 18
Colius colius
Black Stork 19
Ciconia nigra
Namaqua Sandgrouse 15
Pterocles namaqua
African Hoopoe 20
Upupa epops africana
Cape Spurfowl 21
Pternistis capensis
Grey-winged Francolin 22
Scleroptila afra
Common Sandpiper 23
Actitis hypoleucos
Three-banded Plover 14
Charadrius tricollaris
Blacksmith Lapwing 12
Vanellus armatus
Pied Avocet 13
Recurvirostra avosetta
African Spoonbill 13
Platalea alba
Grey Heron 24
Ardea cinerea
Black-headed Heron 25
Ardea melanocephala
Rock Kestrel 26
Falco rupicolus
Rufous-cheeked Nightjar 27
Caprimulgus rufigena
Little Swift 28
Apus affinis
Common Swift 29
Apus apus
African Swift 30
Apus barbatus
White-rumped Swift 7
Apus caffer
Alpine Swift 13
Apus melba
Yellow-billed Duck 31
Anas undulata
South African Shelduck 28
Tadorna cana
Egyptian Goose 32
Alopochen aegyptiaca
Verreaux's Eagle 33
Aquila verreauxii
Jackal Buzzard 34
Buteo rufofuscus
Pale Chanting-Goshawk 35
Melierax canorus
Ludwig's Bustard 36
Neotis ludwigii
Karoo Bustard 15
Eupodotis vigorsii
Great Cormorant 37
Phalacrocorax carbo
South African Swallow 38
Petrochelidon spilodera
White-throated Swallow 39
Hirundo albigularis
Barn Swallow 40
Hirundo rustica
Plain Martin 10
Riparia paludicola
Rock Martin 41
Ptyonoprogne fuligula
Southern Fiscal 12
Lanius collaris
Mountain Wheatear 42
Oenanthe monticola
Capped Wheatear 20
Oenanthe pileata
Southern Anteater-Chat 43
Myrmecocichla formicivora
Karoo Scrub-Robin 30
Cercotrichas coryphoeus
Familiar Chat 44
Cercomela familiaris
Karoo Chat 45
Cercomela schlegelii
Sickle-winged Chat 45
Cercomela sinuata
Tractrac Chat 46
Cercomela tractrac
Chat Flycatcher 10
Agricola infuscatus
Malachite Sunbird 47
Nectarinia famosa
Grey Tit 48
Melaniparus afer
Cape Sparrow 49
Passer melanurus
Fairy Flycatcher 50
Stenostira scita
Cape Crombec 45
Sylvietta rufescens
European Starling 51
Sturnus vulgaris
African Pied Starling 10
Lamprotornis bicolor
Pale-winged Starling 52
Onychognathus nabouroup
Rufous-vented Warbler 20
Sylvia subcaerulea
Lesser Swamp Warbler 53
Acrocephalus gracilirostris
Cape Bunting 45
Emberiza capensis
Lark-like Bunting 45
Emberiza impetuani
Common Waxbill 54
Estrilda astrild
Bokmakierie 55
Telophorus zeylonus
Cape Wagtail 55
Motacilla capensis
African Pipit 56
Anthus cinnamomeus
Southern Masked-Weaver 45
Ploceus velatus
Southern Red Bishop 55
Euplectes orix
Southern Penduline Tit 57
Anthoscopus minutus
Karoo Lark 48
Calendulauda albescens
Barlow's Lark 15
Calendulauda barlowi
Benguela Lark 30
Certhilauda benguelensis
Agulhas Lark 58
Certhilauda brevirostris
Cape Lark 59
Certhilauda curvirostris
Eastern Long-billed Lark 7
Certhilauda semitorquata
Karoo Long-billed Lark 45
Certhilauda subcoronata
Large-billed Lark 48
Galerida magnirostris
Black-eared Sparrow-Lark 48
Eremopterix australis
Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark 53
Eremopterix verticalis
Red-capped Lark 10
Calandrella cinerea
Spike-heeled Lark 45
Chersomanes albofasciata
Yellow-rumped Eremomela 30
Eremomela gregalis

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