Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3140_2320: Species List

A species list of plants and animals surveyed during the Karoo BioGaps Project for Pentad 3140_2320 representative of the Eastern Upper Karoo vegetation type in the Upper Karoo Bioregion. This Pentad is off the R63 between Victoria West and the N1.

All 226

Ground Woodpecker ¹
Geocolaptes olivaceus

Acacia Pied Barbet ²
Tricholaema leucomelas

European Bee-eater ³
Merops apiaster

Ring-necked Dove ⁴
Streptopelia capicola

Red-eyed Dove ⁵
Streptopelia semitorquata

Laughing Dove ⁶
Streptopelia senegalensis

Namaqua Dove ⁷
Oena capensis

White-backed Mousebird ⁸
Colius colius

Black Stork ⁹
Ciconia nigra

Eurasian Moorhen ¹⁰
Gallinula chloropus

Blue Crane ¹¹
Anthropoides paradiseus

Namaqua Sandgrouse ⁶
Pterocles namaqua

Helmeted Guineafowl ¹²
Numida meleagris

Double-banded Courser ¹³
Smutsornis africanus

Blacksmith Lapwing ¹²
Vanellus armatus

Black-winged Stilt ¹⁴
Himantopus himantopus

Pied Avocet ³
Recurvirostra avosetta

African Spoonbill ³
Platalea alba

Sacred Ibis ¹⁵
Threskiornis aethiopicus

Hadeda Ibis ¹⁶
Bostrychia hagedash

Grey Heron ¹⁷
Ardea cinerea

Lanner Falcon ¹⁸
Falco biarmicus

Rock Kestrel ¹⁹
Falco rupicolus

Little Swift ²⁰
Apus affinis

White-rumped Swift ²¹
Apus caffer

Alpine Swift ³
Apus melba

Yellow-billed Duck ²²
Anas undulata

South African Shelduck ²⁰
Tadorna cana

Egyptian Goose ²³
Alopochen aegyptiaca

Spur-winged Goose ³
Plectropterus gambensis

Secretarybird ²⁴
Sagittarius serpentarius

Verreaux's Eagle ²⁵
Aquila verreauxii

Booted Eagle ¹⁵
Hieraaetus pennatus

Jackal Buzzard ²⁶
Buteo rufofuscus

Black-winged Kite ²⁷
Elanus caeruleus

Pale Chanting-Goshawk ²⁸
Melierax canorus

Pale Chanting Goshawk [canorus] ²⁹
Melierax canorus canorus

Ludwig's Bustard ³⁰
Neotis ludwigii

Karoo Bustard ⁶
Eupodotis vigorsii

Long-tailed Cormorant ³¹
Microcarbo africanus

South African Swallow ¹⁵
Petrochelidon spilodera

White-throated Swallow ³²
Hirundo albigularis

Barn Swallow ³³
Hirundo rustica

Plain Martin ¹
Riparia paludicola

Rock Martin ³⁴
Ptyonoprogne fuligula

Greater Striped Swallow ³⁵
Cecropis cucullata

Southern Fiscal ¹²
Lanius collaris

Cape Robin-Chat ²¹
Cossypha caffra

Mountain Wheatear ²⁹
Oenanthe monticola

Southern Anteater-Chat ³⁶
Myrmecocichla formicivora

African Stonechat ¹⁵
Saxicola torquatus

Karoo Scrub-Robin ³⁷
Cercotrichas coryphoeus

Fiscal Flycatcher ³⁸
Melaenornis silens

Familiar Chat ³⁹
Cercomela familiaris

Karoo Chat ⁴⁰
Cercomela schlegelii

Sickle-winged Chat ⁴⁰
Cercomela sinuata

Chat Flycatcher ¹
Agricola infuscatus

Malachite Sunbird ⁴¹
Nectarinia famosa

Dusky Sunbird ⁴²
Cinnyris fuscus

Grey Tit ⁴³
Melaniparus afer

House Sparrow ¹²
Passer domesticus

Cape Sparrow ⁴⁴
Passer melanurus

Fairy Flycatcher ⁴⁵
Stenostira scita

Cape Crombec ⁴⁰
Sylvietta rufescens

African Red-eyed Bulbul ⁴⁵
Pycnonotus nigricans

African Pied Starling ¹
Lamprotornis bicolor

Red-winged Starling ²¹
Onychognathus morio

Pale-winged Starling ⁴⁶
Onychognathus nabouroup

Wattled Starling ⁴⁷
Creatophora cinerea

Layard's Warbler ³⁷
Sylvia layardi

Rufous-vented Warbler ⁴⁸
Sylvia subcaerulea

Cape White-eye ¹⁹
Zosterops virens

Lesser Swamp Warbler ⁴⁹
Acrocephalus gracilirostris

Cape Bunting ⁴⁰
Emberiza capensis

Lark-like Bunting ⁴⁰
Emberiza impetuani

Common Waxbill ⁵⁰
Estrilda astrild

Red-headed Finch ⁴⁸
Amadina erythrocephala

Bokmakierie ⁵¹
Telophorus zeylonus

Cape Wagtail ⁵¹
Motacilla capensis

African Pipit ⁵²
Anthus cinnamomeus

Yellow-tufted Pipit ²¹
Anthus crenatus

Southern Masked-Weaver ⁴⁰
Ploceus velatus

Southern Penduline Tit ⁵³
Anthoscopus minutus

Benguela Lark ³⁷
Certhilauda benguelensis

Agulhas Lark ⁵⁴
Certhilauda brevirostris

Cape Lark ⁵⁵
Certhilauda curvirostris

Eastern Long-billed Lark ²¹
Certhilauda semitorquata

Karoo Long-billed Lark ⁴⁰
Certhilauda subcoronata

Melodious Lark ⁵⁶
Mirafra cheniana

Large-billed Lark ⁴³
Galerida magnirostris

Red-capped Lark ¹
Calandrella cinerea

Spike-heeled Lark ⁴⁰
Chersomanes albofasciata

Yellow-bellied Eremomela ⁴⁰
Eremomela icteropygialis

Piping Cisticola ⁵²
Cisticola fulvicapilla

Grey-backed Cisticola ⁵⁷
Cisticola subruficapilla

Levaillant's Cisticola ⁵⁸
Cisticola tinniens

Rufous-eared Warbler ²⁸
Malcorus pectoralis

Drakensberg Prinia ³⁷
Prinia hypoxantha

Karoo Prinia ¹⁵
Prinia maculosa

Namaqua Prinia ²¹
Phragmacia substriata

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Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3140_2320: Species List

Ground Woodpecker 1 Geocolaptes olivaceus

Acacia Pied Barbet 2 Tricholaema leucomelas

European Bee-eater 3 Merops apiaster

Ring-necked Dove 4 Streptopelia capicola

Red-eyed Dove 5 Streptopelia semitorquata

Laughing Dove 6 Streptopelia senegalensis

Namaqua Dove 7 Oena capensis

White-backed Mousebird 8 Colius colius

Black Stork 9 Ciconia nigra

Eurasian Moorhen 10 Gallinula chloropus

Blue Crane 11 Anthropoides paradiseus

Namaqua Sandgrouse 6 Pterocles namaqua

Helmeted Guineafowl 12 Numida meleagris

Double-banded Courser 13 Smutsornis africanus

Blacksmith Lapwing 12 Vanellus armatus

Black-winged Stilt 14 Himantopus himantopus

Pied Avocet 3 Recurvirostra avosetta

African Spoonbill 3 Platalea alba

Sacred Ibis 15 Threskiornis aethiopicus

Hadeda Ibis 16 Bostrychia hagedash

Grey Heron 17 Ardea cinerea

Lanner Falcon 18 Falco biarmicus

Rock Kestrel 19 Falco rupicolus

Little Swift 20 Apus affinis

White-rumped Swift 21 Apus caffer

Alpine Swift 3 Apus melba

Yellow-billed Duck 22 Anas undulata

South African Shelduck 20 Tadorna cana

Egyptian Goose 23 Alopochen aegyptiaca

Spur-winged Goose 3 Plectropterus gambensis

Secretarybird 24 Sagittarius serpentarius

Verreaux's Eagle 25 Aquila verreauxii

Booted Eagle 15 Hieraaetus pennatus

Jackal Buzzard 26 Buteo rufofuscus

Black-winged Kite 27 Elanus caeruleus

Pale Chanting-Goshawk 28 Melierax canorus

Pale Chanting Goshawk [canorus] 29 Melierax canorus canorus

Ludwig's Bustard 30 Neotis ludwigii

Karoo Bustard 6 Eupodotis vigorsii

Long-tailed Cormorant 31 Microcarbo africanus

South African Swallow 15 Petrochelidon spilodera

White-throated Swallow 32 Hirundo albigularis

Barn Swallow 33 Hirundo rustica

Plain Martin 1 Riparia paludicola

Rock Martin 34 Ptyonoprogne fuligula

Greater Striped Swallow 35 Cecropis cucullata

Southern Fiscal 12 Lanius collaris

Cape Robin-Chat 21 Cossypha caffra

Mountain Wheatear 29 Oenanthe monticola

Southern Anteater-Chat 36 Myrmecocichla formicivora

African Stonechat 15 Saxicola torquatus

Karoo Scrub-Robin 37 Cercotrichas coryphoeus

Fiscal Flycatcher 38 Melaenornis silens

Familiar Chat 39 Cercomela familiaris

Karoo Chat 40 Cercomela schlegelii

Sickle-winged Chat 40 Cercomela sinuata

Chat Flycatcher 1 Agricola infuscatus

Malachite Sunbird 41 Nectarinia famosa

Dusky Sunbird 42 Cinnyris fuscus

Grey Tit 43 Melaniparus afer

House Sparrow 12 Passer domesticus

Cape Sparrow 44 Passer melanurus

Fairy Flycatcher 45 Stenostira scita

Cape Crombec 40 Sylvietta rufescens

African Red-eyed Bulbul 45 Pycnonotus nigricans

African Pied Starling 1 Lamprotornis bicolor

Red-winged Starling 21 Onychognathus morio

Pale-winged Starling 46 Onychognathus nabouroup

Wattled Starling 47 Creatophora cinerea

Layard's Warbler 37 Sylvia layardi

Rufous-vented Warbler 48 Sylvia subcaerulea

Cape White-eye 19 Zosterops virens

Lesser Swamp Warbler 49 Acrocephalus gracilirostris

Cape Bunting 40 Emberiza capensis

Lark-like Bunting 40 Emberiza impetuani

Common Waxbill 50 Estrilda astrild

Red-headed Finch 48 Amadina erythrocephala

Bokmakierie 51 Telophorus zeylonus

Cape Wagtail 51 Motacilla capensis