Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3235_2240: Species List

A species list of plants and animals surveyed during the Karoo BioGaps Project for Pentad 3235_2240 representative of the Gamka Karoo vegetation type in the Lower Karoo Bioregion. This Pentad is approximately 30 Km south of Beaufort West, about 12 km east of the N12.

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Dideric Cuckoo ¹
Chrysococcyx caprius

Great Spotted Cuckoo ²
Clamator glandarius

Pied Cuckoo ³
Clamator jacobinus

Greater Honeyguide ⁴
Indicator indicator

Lesser Honeyguide ²
Indicator minor

Cardinal Woodpecker ⁵
Chloropicus fuscescens

Acacia Pied Barbet ⁶
Tricholaema leucomelas

Spotted Eagle-Owl ⁷
Bubo africanus

Barn Owl ⁸
Tyto alba

Common Ostrich ⁹
Struthio camelus

European Bee-eater ¹⁰
Merops apiaster

Malachite Kingfisher ¹¹
Corythornis cristatus

Brown-hooded Kingfisher ⁷
Halcyon albiventris

Giant Kingfisher ¹²
Megaceryle maxima

Pied Kingfisher ¹³
Ceryle rudis

Ring-necked Dove ¹⁴
Streptopelia capicola

Red-eyed Dove ¹⁵
Streptopelia semitorquata

Laughing Dove ¹⁶
Streptopelia senegalensis

Speckled Pigeon ¹⁰
Columba guinea

Rock Pigeon ¹⁷
Columba livia

Namaqua Dove ¹⁸
Oena capensis

Red-faced Mousebird ¹⁹
Urocolius indicus

White-backed Mousebird ²
Colius colius

White Stork ²⁰
Ciconia ciconia

Black Stork ²¹
Ciconia nigra

Eurasian Moorhen ²²
Gallinula chloropus

Red-knobbed Coot ²³
Fulica cristata

Blue Crane ²⁴
Anthropoides paradiseus

Namaqua Sandgrouse ¹⁶
Pterocles namaqua

African Hoopoe ²⁵
Upupa epops africana

Helmeted Guineafowl ⁹
Numida meleagris

Cape Spurfowl ²⁶
Pternistis capensis

Common Quail ²⁷
Coturnix coturnix

Curlew Sandpiper ¹⁰
Calidris ferruginea

Little Stint ⁹
Calidris minuta

Ruff ²⁸
Calidris pugnax

Wood Sandpiper ²⁹
Tringa glareola

Common Greenshank ³⁰
Tringa nebularia

Marsh Sandpiper ³¹
Tringa stagnatilis

Common Sandpiper ³²
Actitis hypoleucos

Greater Painted-snipe ³³
Rostratula benghalensis

White-winged Tern ³⁴
Chlidonias leucopterus

Double-banded Courser ³⁵
Smutsornis africanus

Burchell's Courser ³⁶
Cursorius rufus

Temminck's Courser ⁷
Cursorius temminckii

Kittlitz's Plover ⁷
Charadrius pecuarius

Three-banded Plover ¹⁴
Charadrius tricollaris

Blacksmith Lapwing ⁹
Vanellus armatus

Crowned Lapwing ³⁷
Vanellus coronatus

Spotted Thick-knee ³⁸
Burhinus capensis

Black-winged Stilt ³⁴
Himantopus himantopus

Pied Avocet ¹⁰
Recurvirostra avosetta

Eared Grebe ³⁹
Podiceps nigricollis

Little Grebe ⁴⁰
Tachybaptus ruficollis

African Spoonbill ¹⁰
Platalea alba

Sacred Ibis ⁴¹
Threskiornis aethiopicus

Hadeda Ibis ⁴²
Bostrychia hagedash

Glossy Ibis ⁴³
Plegadis falcinellus

Hamerkop ¹⁰
Scopus umbretta

Little Bittern ⁴⁴
Ixobrychus minutus

Little Egret ¹⁰
Egretta garzetta

Grey Heron ⁴⁵
Ardea cinerea

Black-headed Heron ⁴⁶
Ardea melanocephala

Purple Heron ⁴⁷
Ardea purpurea

Black-crowned Night-Heron ⁴⁸
Nycticorax nycticorax

Cattle Egret ⁴⁹
Bubulcus ibis

Lanner Falcon ⁵⁰
Falco biarmicus

Lesser Kestrel ⁷
Falco naumanni

Peregrine Falcon ⁵¹
Falco peregrinus

Greater Kestrel ²⁵
Falco rupicoloides

Rock Kestrel ⁵²
Falco rupicolus

Fiery-necked Nightjar ⁵³
Caprimulgus pectoralis

Rufous-cheeked Nightjar ⁵⁴
Caprimulgus rufigena

Freckled Nightjar ⁵⁵
Caprimulgus tristigma

Little Swift ³
Apus affinis

Common Swift ⁵⁶
Apus apus

African Swift ⁵⁷
Apus barbatus

White-rumped Swift ⁵⁸
Apus caffer

Horus Swift ⁵⁹
Apus horus

Alpine Swift ¹⁰
Apus melba

Cape Shoveler ⁷
Spatula smithii

White-faced Whistling-Duck ⁶⁰
Dendrocygna viduata

Cape Teal ⁶¹
Anas capensis

Red-billed Teal ⁵⁰
Anas erythrorhyncha

African Black Duck ¹⁶
Anas sparsa

Yellow-billed Duck ⁶²
Anas undulata

South African Shelduck ³
Tadorna cana

Maccoa Duck ⁶³
Oxyura maccoa

Southern Pochard ⁴¹
Netta erythrophthalma

Egyptian Goose ⁶⁴
Alopochen aegyptiaca

Spur-winged Goose ¹⁰
Plectropterus gambensis

Southern Spur-winged Goose ⁵⁸
Plectropterus gambensis niger

Secretarybird ⁶⁵
Sagittarius serpentarius

Gabar Goshawk ¹⁸
Micronisus gabar

Verreaux's Eagle ⁶⁶
Aquila verreauxii

Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk ⁵
Accipiter rufiventris

Booted Eagle ⁴¹
Hieraaetus pennatus

Black Harrier ⁶⁷
Circus maurus

Jackal Buzzard ⁶⁸
Buteo rufofuscus

Steppe Buzzard ²⁵
Buteo buteo vulpinus

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Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3235_2240: Species List

Dideric Cuckoo 1 Chrysococcyx caprius

Great Spotted Cuckoo 2 Clamator glandarius

Pied Cuckoo 3 Clamator jacobinus

Greater Honeyguide 4 Indicator indicator

Lesser Honeyguide 2 Indicator minor

Cardinal Woodpecker 5 Chloropicus fuscescens

Acacia Pied Barbet 6 Tricholaema leucomelas

Spotted Eagle-Owl 7 Bubo africanus

Barn Owl 8 Tyto alba

Common Ostrich 9 Struthio camelus

European Bee-eater 10 Merops apiaster

Malachite Kingfisher 11 Corythornis cristatus

Brown-hooded Kingfisher 7 Halcyon albiventris

Giant Kingfisher 12 Megaceryle maxima

Pied Kingfisher 13 Ceryle rudis

Ring-necked Dove 14 Streptopelia capicola

Red-eyed Dove 15 Streptopelia semitorquata

Laughing Dove 16 Streptopelia senegalensis

Speckled Pigeon 10 Columba guinea

Rock Pigeon 17 Columba livia

Namaqua Dove 18 Oena capensis

Red-faced Mousebird 19 Urocolius indicus

White-backed Mousebird 2 Colius colius

White Stork 20 Ciconia ciconia

Black Stork 21 Ciconia nigra

Eurasian Moorhen 22 Gallinula chloropus

Red-knobbed Coot 23 Fulica cristata

Blue Crane 24 Anthropoides paradiseus

Namaqua Sandgrouse 16 Pterocles namaqua

African Hoopoe 25 Upupa epops africana

Helmeted Guineafowl 9 Numida meleagris

Cape Spurfowl 26 Pternistis capensis

Common Quail 27 Coturnix coturnix

Curlew Sandpiper 10 Calidris ferruginea

Little Stint 9 Calidris minuta

Ruff 28 Calidris pugnax

Wood Sandpiper 29 Tringa glareola

Common Greenshank 30 Tringa nebularia

Marsh Sandpiper 31 Tringa stagnatilis

Common Sandpiper 32 Actitis hypoleucos

Greater Painted-snipe 33 Rostratula benghalensis

White-winged Tern 34 Chlidonias leucopterus

Double-banded Courser 35 Smutsornis africanus

Burchell's Courser 36 Cursorius rufus

Temminck's Courser 7 Cursorius temminckii

Kittlitz's Plover 7 Charadrius pecuarius

Three-banded Plover 14 Charadrius tricollaris

Blacksmith Lapwing 9 Vanellus armatus

Crowned Lapwing 37 Vanellus coronatus

Spotted Thick-knee 38 Burhinus capensis

Black-winged Stilt 34 Himantopus himantopus

Pied Avocet 10 Recurvirostra avosetta

Eared Grebe 39 Podiceps nigricollis

Little Grebe 40 Tachybaptus ruficollis

African Spoonbill 10 Platalea alba

Sacred Ibis 41 Threskiornis aethiopicus

Hadeda Ibis 42 Bostrychia hagedash

Glossy Ibis 43 Plegadis falcinellus

Hamerkop 10 Scopus umbretta

Little Bittern 44 Ixobrychus minutus

Little Egret 10 Egretta garzetta

Grey Heron 45 Ardea cinerea

Black-headed Heron 46 Ardea melanocephala

Purple Heron 47 Ardea purpurea

Black-crowned Night-Heron 48 Nycticorax nycticorax

Cattle Egret 49 Bubulcus ibis

Lanner Falcon 50 Falco biarmicus

Lesser Kestrel 7 Falco naumanni

Peregrine Falcon 51 Falco peregrinus

Greater Kestrel 25 Falco rupicoloides

Rock Kestrel 52 Falco rupicolus

Fiery-necked Nightjar 53 Caprimulgus pectoralis

Rufous-cheeked Nightjar 54 Caprimulgus rufigena

Freckled Nightjar 55 Caprimulgus tristigma

Little Swift 3 Apus affinis

Common Swift 56 Apus apus

African Swift 57 Apus barbatus

White-rumped Swift 58 Apus caffer

Horus Swift 59 Apus horus