Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3240_2020: Species List

A species list of plants and animals surveyed during the Karoo BioGaps Project for Pentad 3240_2020 representative of the Koedoesberge-Moordenaars Karoo vegetation type in the Rainshadow Valley Karoo Bioregion. This Pentad is about 45 Km SW of Sutherland, on the R356.

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Acacia Pied Barbet ¹
Tricholaema leucomelas

Spotted Eagle-Owl ²
Bubo africanus

European Bee-eater ³
Merops apiaster

Malachite Kingfisher ⁴
Corythornis cristatus

Ring-necked Dove ⁵
Streptopelia capicola

Red-eyed Dove ⁶
Streptopelia semitorquata

Laughing Dove ⁷
Streptopelia senegalensis

Speckled Pigeon ³
Columba guinea

Rock Pigeon ⁸
Columba livia

Namaqua Dove ⁹
Oena capensis

Red-faced Mousebird ¹⁰
Urocolius indicus

White-backed Mousebird ¹¹
Colius colius

Black Stork ¹²
Ciconia nigra

Eurasian Moorhen ¹³
Gallinula chloropus

Red-knobbed Coot ¹⁴
Fulica cristata

Namaqua Sandgrouse ⁷
Pterocles namaqua

African Hoopoe ¹⁵
Upupa epops africana

Cape Spurfowl ¹⁶
Pternistis capensis

Grey-winged Francolin ¹⁷
Scleroptila afra

Curlew Sandpiper ³
Calidris ferruginea

Little Stint ¹⁸
Calidris minuta

Ruff ¹⁹
Calidris pugnax

Wood Sandpiper ²⁰
Tringa glareola

Common Greenshank ²¹
Tringa nebularia

Marsh Sandpiper ²²
Tringa stagnatilis

African Snipe ²
Gallinago nigripennis

Common Sandpiper ²³
Actitis hypoleucos

White-winged Tern ²⁴
Chlidonias leucopterus

Kittlitz's Plover ²
Charadrius pecuarius

Three-banded Plover ⁵
Charadrius tricollaris

Blacksmith Lapwing ¹⁸
Vanellus armatus

Crowned Lapwing ²⁵
Vanellus coronatus

Black-winged Stilt ²⁴
Himantopus himantopus

Pied Avocet ³
Recurvirostra avosetta

Great Crested Grebe ²⁶
Podiceps cristatus

Eared Grebe ²⁷
Podiceps nigricollis

Little Grebe ²⁸
Tachybaptus ruficollis

African Spoonbill ³
Platalea alba

Sacred Ibis ²⁹
Threskiornis aethiopicus

Hadeda Ibis ³⁰
Bostrychia hagedash

Glossy Ibis ³¹
Plegadis falcinellus

Hamerkop ³
Scopus umbretta

Grey Heron ³²
Ardea cinerea

Black-headed Heron ³³
Ardea melanocephala

Cattle Egret ³⁴
Bubulcus ibis

American Flamingo ³⁵
Phoenicopterus ruber

Rock Kestrel ³⁶
Falco rupicolus

Rufous-cheeked Nightjar ³⁷
Caprimulgus rufigena

Little Swift ³⁸
Apus affinis

Common Swift ³⁹
Apus apus

White-rumped Swift ⁴⁰
Apus caffer

Alpine Swift ³
Apus melba

Cape Shoveler ²
Spatula smithii

Cape Teal ⁴¹
Anas capensis

Red-billed Teal ⁴²
Anas erythrorhyncha

African Black Duck ⁷
Anas sparsa

Yellow-billed Duck ⁴³
Anas undulata

South African Shelduck ³⁸
Tadorna cana

Maccoa Duck ⁴⁴
Oxyura maccoa

Southern Pochard ²⁹
Netta erythrophthalma

Egyptian Goose ⁴⁵
Alopochen aegyptiaca

Spur-winged Goose ³
Plectropterus gambensis

Verreaux's Eagle ⁴⁶
Aquila verreauxii

Booted Eagle ²⁹
Hieraaetus pennatus

Black Harrier ⁴⁷
Circus maurus

Black-winged Kite ²²
Elanus caeruleus

Pale Chanting-Goshawk ⁴⁸
Melierax canorus

Martial Eagle ⁴⁹
Polemaetus bellicosus

Ludwig's Bustard ⁵⁰
Neotis ludwigii

Southern Black Korhaan ⁵¹
Eupodotis afra

Karoo Bustard ⁷
Eupodotis vigorsii

Long-tailed Cormorant ⁵²
Microcarbo africanus

Great Cormorant ⁵³
Phalacrocorax carbo

White-throated Swallow ⁵⁴
Hirundo albigularis

Pearl-breasted Swallow ⁵⁵
Hirundo dimidiata

Barn Swallow ⁵⁶
Hirundo rustica

Plain Martin ²
Riparia paludicola

Rock Martin ⁵⁷
Ptyonoprogne fuligula

Greater Striped Swallow ⁵⁸
Cecropis cucullata

Southern Fiscal ¹⁸
Lanius collaris

Cape Robin-Chat ⁴⁰
Cossypha caffra

Mountain Wheatear ⁵⁹
Oenanthe monticola

Southern Anteater-Chat ⁶⁰
Myrmecocichla formicivora

Karoo Scrub-Robin ⁶¹
Cercotrichas coryphoeus

Familiar Chat ⁶²
Cercomela familiaris

Karoo Chat ⁶³
Cercomela schlegelii

Sickle-winged Chat ⁶³
Cercomela sinuata

Tractrac Chat ⁶⁴
Cercomela tractrac

Malachite Sunbird ⁶⁵
Nectarinia famosa

Southern Double-collared Sunbird ⁵⁴
Cinnyris chalybeus

Grey Tit ⁶⁶
Melaniparus afer

House Sparrow ¹⁸
Passer domesticus

Cape Sparrow ⁶⁷
Passer melanurus

Fairy Flycatcher ⁶⁸
Stenostira scita

Cape Crombec ⁶³
Sylvietta rufescens

Cape Bulbul ²⁹
Pycnonotus capensis

European Starling ⁶⁹
Sturnus vulgaris

African Pied Starling ²
Lamprotornis bicolor

Pale-winged Starling ⁷⁰
Onychognathus nabouroup

Wattled Starling ⁷¹
Creatophora cinerea

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Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3240_2020: Species List

Acacia Pied Barbet 1 Tricholaema leucomelas

Spotted Eagle-Owl 2 Bubo africanus

European Bee-eater 3 Merops apiaster

Malachite Kingfisher 4 Corythornis cristatus

Ring-necked Dove 5 Streptopelia capicola

Red-eyed Dove 6 Streptopelia semitorquata

Laughing Dove 7 Streptopelia senegalensis

Speckled Pigeon 3 Columba guinea

Rock Pigeon 8 Columba livia

Namaqua Dove 9 Oena capensis

Red-faced Mousebird 10 Urocolius indicus

White-backed Mousebird 11 Colius colius

Black Stork 12 Ciconia nigra

Eurasian Moorhen 13 Gallinula chloropus

Red-knobbed Coot 14 Fulica cristata

Namaqua Sandgrouse 7 Pterocles namaqua

African Hoopoe 15 Upupa epops africana

Cape Spurfowl 16 Pternistis capensis

Grey-winged Francolin 17 Scleroptila afra

Curlew Sandpiper 3 Calidris ferruginea

Little Stint 18 Calidris minuta

Ruff 19 Calidris pugnax

Wood Sandpiper 20 Tringa glareola

Common Greenshank 21 Tringa nebularia

Marsh Sandpiper 22 Tringa stagnatilis

African Snipe 2 Gallinago nigripennis

Common Sandpiper 23 Actitis hypoleucos

White-winged Tern 24 Chlidonias leucopterus

Kittlitz's Plover 2 Charadrius pecuarius

Three-banded Plover 5 Charadrius tricollaris

Blacksmith Lapwing 18 Vanellus armatus

Crowned Lapwing 25 Vanellus coronatus

Black-winged Stilt 24 Himantopus himantopus

Pied Avocet 3 Recurvirostra avosetta

Great Crested Grebe 26 Podiceps cristatus

Eared Grebe 27 Podiceps nigricollis

Little Grebe 28 Tachybaptus ruficollis

African Spoonbill 3 Platalea alba

Sacred Ibis 29 Threskiornis aethiopicus

Hadeda Ibis 30 Bostrychia hagedash

Glossy Ibis 31 Plegadis falcinellus

Hamerkop 3 Scopus umbretta

Grey Heron 32 Ardea cinerea

Black-headed Heron 33 Ardea melanocephala

Cattle Egret 34 Bubulcus ibis

American Flamingo 35 Phoenicopterus ruber

Rock Kestrel 36 Falco rupicolus

Rufous-cheeked Nightjar 37 Caprimulgus rufigena

Little Swift 38 Apus affinis

Common Swift 39 Apus apus

White-rumped Swift 40 Apus caffer

Alpine Swift 3 Apus melba

Cape Shoveler 2 Spatula smithii

Cape Teal 41 Anas capensis

Red-billed Teal 42 Anas erythrorhyncha

African Black Duck 7 Anas sparsa

Yellow-billed Duck 43 Anas undulata

South African Shelduck 38 Tadorna cana

Maccoa Duck 44 Oxyura maccoa

Southern Pochard 29 Netta erythrophthalma

Egyptian Goose 45 Alopochen aegyptiaca

Spur-winged Goose 3 Plectropterus gambensis

Verreaux's Eagle 46 Aquila verreauxii

Booted Eagle 29 Hieraaetus pennatus

Black Harrier 47 Circus maurus

Black-winged Kite 22 Elanus caeruleus

Pale Chanting-Goshawk 48 Melierax canorus

Martial Eagle 49 Polemaetus bellicosus

Ludwig's Bustard 50 Neotis ludwigii

Southern Black Korhaan 51 Eupodotis afra

Karoo Bustard 7 Eupodotis vigorsii

Long-tailed Cormorant 52 Microcarbo africanus

Great Cormorant 53 Phalacrocorax carbo

White-throated Swallow 54 Hirundo albigularis

Pearl-breasted Swallow 55 Hirundo dimidiata

Barn Swallow 56 Hirundo rustica

Plain Martin 2 Riparia paludicola

Rock Martin 57 Ptyonoprogne fuligula

Greater Striped Swallow 58 Cecropis cucullata