Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3225_2335: Species List

A species list of plants and animals surveyed during the Karoo BioGaps Project for Pentad 3225_2335 representative of the Eastern Lower Karoo vegetation type in the Lower Karoo Bioregion. This Pentad lies about 40 Km west of Aberdeen, just north of the R61.

All 337

Greater Striped Swallow ¹
Cecropis cucullata

Southern Fiscal ²
Lanius collaris

Red-backed Shrike ³
Lanius collurio

Lesser Grey Shrike ⁴
Lanius minor

Cape Robin-Chat ⁵
Cossypha caffra

Mountain Wheatear ⁶
Oenanthe monticola

Capped Wheatear ⁷
Oenanthe pileata

Southern Anteater-Chat ⁸
Myrmecocichla formicivora

African Stonechat ⁹
Saxicola torquatus

Spotted Flycatcher ³
Muscicapa striata

Karoo Scrub-Robin ¹⁰
Cercotrichas coryphoeus

Cape Rock-Thrush ⁹
Monticola rupestris

Fiscal Flycatcher ¹¹
Melaenornis silens

Familiar Chat ¹²
Cercomela familiaris

Karoo Chat ¹³
Cercomela schlegelii

Sickle-winged Chat ¹³
Cercomela sinuata

Tractrac Chat ¹⁴
Cercomela tractrac

Chat Flycatcher ¹⁵
Agricola infuscatus

Malachite Sunbird ¹⁶
Nectarinia famosa

Amethyst Sunbird ¹⁷
Chalcomitra amethystina

Southern Double-collared Sunbird ¹⁸
Cinnyris chalybeus

Dusky Sunbird ¹⁹
Cinnyris fuscus

Grey Tit ²⁰
Melaniparus afer

Southern Grey-headed Sparrow ¹³
Passer diffusus

House Sparrow ²
Passer domesticus

Northern Grey-headed Sparrow ²¹
Passer griseus

Cape Sparrow ²²
Passer melanurus

Fairy Flycatcher ²³
Stenostira scita

Cape Crombec ¹³
Sylvietta rufescens

African Red-eyed Bulbul ²³
Pycnonotus nigricans

European Starling ²⁴
Sturnus vulgaris

African Pied Starling ¹⁵
Lamprotornis bicolor

Red-winged Starling ⁵
Onychognathus morio

Pale-winged Starling ²⁵
Onychognathus nabouroup

Wattled Starling ²⁶
Creatophora cinerea

Rufous-vented Warbler ⁷
Sylvia subcaerulea

Olive Thrush ²⁷
Turdus olivaceus

Karoo Thrush ²⁸
Turdus smithi

Orange River White-eye ²⁹
Zosterops pallidus

Cape White-eye ³⁰
Zosterops virens

Willow Warbler ³¹
Phylloscopus trochilus

African Reed Warbler ¹⁰
Acrocephalus baeticatus

Lesser Swamp Warbler ³²
Acrocephalus gracilirostris

Little Rush-Warbler ²³
Bradypterus baboecala

Cape Bunting ¹³
Emberiza capensis

Lark-like Bunting ¹³
Emberiza impetuani

Pririt Batis ³³
Batis pririt

Pin-tailed Whydah ³⁴
Vidua macroura

Common Waxbill ³⁵
Estrilda astrild

Red-billed Firefinch ³⁶
Lagonosticta senegala

Bokmakierie ³⁷
Telophorus zeylonus

Southern Boubou ³⁸
Laniarius ferrugineus

Cape Wagtail ³⁷
Motacilla capensis

African Pipit ³⁹
Anthus cinnamomeus

Plain-backed Pipit ¹³
Anthus leucophrys

Long-billed Pipit ⁴⁰
Anthus similis

Cape Weaver ⁴¹
Ploceus capensis

Southern Masked-Weaver ¹³
Ploceus velatus

Scaly Weaver ⁴²
Sporopipes squamifrons

Southern Red Bishop ³⁷
Euplectes orix

Red-billed Quelea ⁴³
Quelea quelea

Southern Penduline Tit ⁴⁴
Anthoscopus minutus

Sabota Lark
Calendulauda sabota

Benguela Lark ¹⁰
Certhilauda benguelensis

Agulhas Lark ⁴⁵
Certhilauda brevirostris

Cape Lark ⁴⁶
Certhilauda curvirostris

Eastern Long-billed Lark ⁵
Certhilauda semitorquata

Karoo Long-billed Lark ¹³
Certhilauda subcoronata

Rufous-naped Lark ⁹
Mirafra africana

Cape Clapper Lark ¹³
Mirafra apiata

Mirafra apiata marjoriae ⁴⁷

Eastern Clapper Lark ⁴⁸
Mirafra fasciolata

Large-billed Lark ²⁰
Galerida magnirostris

Black-eared Sparrow-Lark ²⁰
Eremopterix australis

Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark ³²
Eremopterix verticalis

Red-capped Lark ¹⁵
Calandrella cinerea

Spike-heeled Lark ¹³
Chersomanes albofasciata

Yellow-rumped Eremomela ¹⁰
Eremomela gregalis

Yellow-bellied Eremomela ¹³
Eremomela icteropygialis

Desert Cisticola ²
Cisticola aridulus

Piping Cisticola ³⁹
Cisticola fulvicapilla

Zitting Cisticola ⁴⁹
Cisticola juncidis

Grey-backed Cisticola ⁵⁰
Cisticola subruficapilla

Levaillant's Cisticola ⁵¹
Cisticola tinniens

Rufous-eared Warbler ⁵²
Malcorus pectoralis

Drakensberg Prinia ¹⁰
Prinia hypoxantha

Karoo Prinia ⁹
Prinia maculosa

Bar-throated Apalis ¹⁵
Apalis thoracica

Namaqua Prinia ⁵
Phragmacia substriata

White-necked Raven ⁵³
Corvus albicollis

Pied Crow ⁵⁴
Corvus albus

Cape Crow ¹⁷
Corvus capensis

White-throated Canary ⁴⁸
Crithagra albogularis

Black-throated Canary ⁵⁵
Crithagra atrogularis

Black-headed Canary ⁵⁰
Serinus alario

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Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3225_2335: Species List

Greater Striped Swallow 1 Cecropis cucullata

Southern Fiscal 2 Lanius collaris

Red-backed Shrike 3 Lanius collurio

Lesser Grey Shrike 4 Lanius minor

Cape Robin-Chat 5 Cossypha caffra

Mountain Wheatear 6 Oenanthe monticola

Capped Wheatear 7 Oenanthe pileata

Southern Anteater-Chat 8 Myrmecocichla formicivora

African Stonechat 9 Saxicola torquatus

Spotted Flycatcher 3 Muscicapa striata

Karoo Scrub-Robin 10 Cercotrichas coryphoeus

Cape Rock-Thrush 9 Monticola rupestris

Fiscal Flycatcher 11 Melaenornis silens

Familiar Chat 12 Cercomela familiaris

Karoo Chat 13 Cercomela schlegelii

Sickle-winged Chat 13 Cercomela sinuata

Tractrac Chat 14 Cercomela tractrac

Chat Flycatcher 15 Agricola infuscatus

Malachite Sunbird 16 Nectarinia famosa

Amethyst Sunbird 17 Chalcomitra amethystina

Southern Double-collared Sunbird 18 Cinnyris chalybeus

Dusky Sunbird 19 Cinnyris fuscus

Grey Tit 20 Melaniparus afer

Southern Grey-headed Sparrow 13 Passer diffusus

House Sparrow 2 Passer domesticus

Northern Grey-headed Sparrow 21 Passer griseus

Cape Sparrow 22 Passer melanurus

Fairy Flycatcher 23 Stenostira scita

Cape Crombec 13 Sylvietta rufescens

African Red-eyed Bulbul 23 Pycnonotus nigricans

European Starling 24 Sturnus vulgaris

African Pied Starling 15 Lamprotornis bicolor

Red-winged Starling 5 Onychognathus morio

Pale-winged Starling 25 Onychognathus nabouroup

Wattled Starling 26 Creatophora cinerea

Rufous-vented Warbler 7 Sylvia subcaerulea

Olive Thrush 27 Turdus olivaceus

Karoo Thrush 28 Turdus smithi

Orange River White-eye 29 Zosterops pallidus

Cape White-eye 30 Zosterops virens

Willow Warbler 31 Phylloscopus trochilus

African Reed Warbler 10 Acrocephalus baeticatus

Lesser Swamp Warbler 32 Acrocephalus gracilirostris

Little Rush-Warbler 23 Bradypterus baboecala

Cape Bunting 13 Emberiza capensis

Lark-like Bunting 13 Emberiza impetuani

Pririt Batis 33 Batis pririt

Pin-tailed Whydah 34 Vidua macroura

Common Waxbill 35 Estrilda astrild

Red-billed Firefinch 36 Lagonosticta senegala

Bokmakierie 37 Telophorus zeylonus

Southern Boubou 38 Laniarius ferrugineus

Cape Wagtail 37 Motacilla capensis

African Pipit 39 Anthus cinnamomeus

Plain-backed Pipit 13 Anthus leucophrys

Long-billed Pipit 40 Anthus similis

Cape Weaver 41 Ploceus capensis

Southern Masked-Weaver 13 Ploceus velatus

Scaly Weaver 42 Sporopipes squamifrons

Southern Red Bishop 37 Euplectes orix

Red-billed Quelea 43 Quelea quelea

Southern Penduline Tit 44 Anthoscopus minutus

Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota

Benguela Lark 10 Certhilauda benguelensis

Agulhas Lark 45 Certhilauda brevirostris

Cape Lark 46 Certhilauda curvirostris

Eastern Long-billed Lark 5 Certhilauda semitorquata

Karoo Long-billed Lark 13 Certhilauda subcoronata

Rufous-naped Lark 9 Mirafra africana

Cape Clapper Lark 13 Mirafra apiata

Mirafra apiata marjoriae 47

Eastern Clapper Lark 48 Mirafra fasciolata

Large-billed Lark 20 Galerida magnirostris

Black-eared Sparrow-Lark 20 Eremopterix australis

Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark 32 Eremopterix verticalis

Red-capped Lark 15 Calandrella cinerea

Spike-heeled Lark 13 Chersomanes albofasciata

Yellow-rumped Eremomela 10 Eremomela gregalis

Yellow-bellied Eremomela 13 Eremomela icteropygialis