Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3245_2405: Species List

A species list of plants and animals surveyed during the Karoo BioGaps Project for Pentad 3245_2405 representative of the Groot Thicket vegetation type in the Albany Thicket Bioregion. This Pentad is about halfway between Aberdeen and Klipplaat, about 20 km west of the R338.

All 274

Southern Rock Agama ¹
Agama atra

Spotted Sand Lizard ²
Pedioplanis lineoocellata

Pedioplanis lineoocellata pulchella ²

Angulate Tortoise ³
Chersina angulata

Leopard Tortoise ⁴
Stigmochelys pardalis

Dideric Cuckoo ⁵
Chrysococcyx caprius

Lesser Honeyguide ⁶
Indicator minor

Cardinal Woodpecker ⁷
Chloropicus fuscescens

Acacia Pied Barbet ⁸
Tricholaema leucomelas

European Bee-eater ⁹
Merops apiaster

Ring-necked Dove ¹⁰
Streptopelia capicola

Laughing Dove ¹¹
Streptopelia senegalensis

Speckled Pigeon ⁹
Columba guinea

Namaqua Dove ¹²
Oena capensis

Red-faced Mousebird ¹³
Urocolius indicus

White-backed Mousebird ⁶
Colius colius

Speckled Mousebird ¹⁴
Colius striatus

Blue Crane ¹⁵
Anthropoides paradiseus

Namaqua Sandgrouse ¹¹
Pterocles namaqua

African Hoopoe ¹⁶
Upupa epops africana

Helmeted Guineafowl ¹⁷
Numida meleagris

Double-banded Courser ¹⁸
Smutsornis africanus

Three-banded Plover ¹⁰
Charadrius tricollaris

Blacksmith Lapwing ¹⁷
Vanellus armatus

Crowned Lapwing ¹⁹
Vanellus coronatus

Spotted Thick-knee ²⁰
Burhinus capensis

African Spoonbill ⁹
Platalea alba

Hadeda Ibis ²¹
Bostrychia hagedash

Black-headed Heron ²²
Ardea melanocephala

Cattle Egret ²³
Bubulcus ibis

Rock Kestrel ²⁴
Falco rupicolus

Little Swift ²⁵
Apus affinis

White-rumped Swift ²⁶
Apus caffer

South African Shelduck ²⁵
Tadorna cana

Egyptian Goose ²⁷
Alopochen aegyptiaca

Secretarybird ²⁸
Sagittarius serpentarius

Booted Eagle ²⁹
Hieraaetus pennatus

Jackal Buzzard ³⁰
Buteo rufofuscus

Pale Chanting-Goshawk ³¹
Melierax canorus

Ludwig's Bustard ³²
Neotis ludwigii

Southern Black Korhaan ³³
Eupodotis afra

Karoo Bustard ¹¹
Eupodotis vigorsii

Common House Martin ³⁴
Delichon urbicum

White-throated Swallow ³⁵
Hirundo albigularis

Pearl-breasted Swallow ³⁶
Hirundo dimidiata

Barn Swallow ³⁷
Hirundo rustica

Plain Martin ³⁸
Riparia paludicola

Rock Martin ³⁹
Ptyonoprogne fuligula

Greater Striped Swallow ⁴⁰
Cecropis cucullata

Southern Fiscal ¹⁷
Lanius collaris

Cape Robin-Chat ²⁶
Cossypha caffra

Mountain Wheatear ⁴¹
Oenanthe monticola

Southern Anteater-Chat ⁴²
Myrmecocichla formicivora

Karoo Scrub-Robin ⁴³
Cercotrichas coryphoeus

Cape Rock-Thrush ²⁹
Monticola rupestris

Fiscal Flycatcher ⁴⁴
Melaenornis silens

Familiar Chat ⁴⁵
Cercomela familiaris

Karoo Chat ⁴⁶
Cercomela schlegelii

Sickle-winged Chat ⁴⁶
Cercomela sinuata

Chat Flycatcher ³⁸
Agricola infuscatus

Malachite Sunbird ⁴⁷
Nectarinia famosa

Greater Double-collared Sunbird ⁴⁶
Cinnyris afer

Southern Double-collared Sunbird ³⁵
Cinnyris chalybeus

Dusky Sunbird ⁴⁸
Cinnyris fuscus

Grey Tit ⁷
Melaniparus afer

Southern Grey-headed Sparrow ⁴⁶
Passer diffusus

House Sparrow ¹⁷
Passer domesticus

Northern Grey-headed Sparrow ⁴⁹
Passer griseus

Cape Sparrow ⁵⁰
Passer melanurus

Fairy Flycatcher ⁵¹
Stenostira scita

Cape Crombec ⁴⁶
Sylvietta rufescens

African Red-eyed Bulbul ⁵¹
Pycnonotus nigricans

European Starling ⁵²
Sturnus vulgaris

African Pied Starling ³⁸
Lamprotornis bicolor

Cape Starling ⁵³
Lamprotornis nitens

Red-winged Starling ²⁶
Onychognathus morio

Pale-winged Starling ⁵⁴
Onychognathus nabouroup

Wattled Starling ⁵⁵
Creatophora cinerea

Rufous-vented Warbler ¹⁶
Sylvia subcaerulea

Olive Thrush ⁵⁶
Turdus olivaceus

Karoo Thrush ⁵⁷
Turdus smithi

Orange River White-eye ⁵⁸
Zosterops pallidus

Cape White-eye ²⁴
Zosterops virens

Cape Bunting ⁴⁶
Emberiza capensis

Golden-breasted Bunting ⁶
Emberiza flaviventris

Lark-like Bunting ⁴⁶
Emberiza impetuani

Pririt Batis ⁵⁹
Batis pririt

Pin-tailed Whydah ⁶⁰
Vidua macroura

Fork-tailed Drongo ⁶¹
Dicrurus adsimilis

Red-headed Finch ¹⁶
Amadina erythrocephala

Bokmakierie ⁶²
Telophorus zeylonus

Cape Wagtail ⁶²
Motacilla capensis

African Pipit ⁶³
Anthus cinnamomeus

Plain-backed Pipit ⁴⁶
Anthus leucophrys

Long-billed Pipit ⁶⁴
Anthus similis

Cape Weaver ⁶⁵
Ploceus capensis

Southern Masked-Weaver ⁴⁶
Ploceus velatus

Southern Red Bishop ⁶²
Euplectes orix

Red-billed Quelea ¹²
Quelea quelea

Southern Penduline Tit ³³
Anthoscopus minutus

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Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3245_2405: Species List

Southern Rock Agama 1 Agama atra

Spotted Sand Lizard 2 Pedioplanis lineoocellata

Pedioplanis lineoocellata pulchella 2

Angulate Tortoise 3 Chersina angulata

Leopard Tortoise 4 Stigmochelys pardalis

Dideric Cuckoo 5 Chrysococcyx caprius

Lesser Honeyguide 6 Indicator minor

Cardinal Woodpecker 7 Chloropicus fuscescens

Acacia Pied Barbet 8 Tricholaema leucomelas

European Bee-eater 9 Merops apiaster

Ring-necked Dove 10 Streptopelia capicola

Laughing Dove 11 Streptopelia senegalensis

Speckled Pigeon 9 Columba guinea

Namaqua Dove 12 Oena capensis

Red-faced Mousebird 13 Urocolius indicus

White-backed Mousebird 6 Colius colius

Speckled Mousebird 14 Colius striatus

Blue Crane 15 Anthropoides paradiseus

Namaqua Sandgrouse 11 Pterocles namaqua

African Hoopoe 16 Upupa epops africana

Helmeted Guineafowl 17 Numida meleagris

Double-banded Courser 18 Smutsornis africanus

Three-banded Plover 10 Charadrius tricollaris

Blacksmith Lapwing 17 Vanellus armatus

Crowned Lapwing 19 Vanellus coronatus

Spotted Thick-knee 20 Burhinus capensis

African Spoonbill 9 Platalea alba

Hadeda Ibis 21 Bostrychia hagedash

Black-headed Heron 22 Ardea melanocephala

Cattle Egret 23 Bubulcus ibis

Rock Kestrel 24 Falco rupicolus

Little Swift 25 Apus affinis

White-rumped Swift 26 Apus caffer

South African Shelduck 25 Tadorna cana

Egyptian Goose 27 Alopochen aegyptiaca

Secretarybird 28 Sagittarius serpentarius

Booted Eagle 29 Hieraaetus pennatus

Jackal Buzzard 30 Buteo rufofuscus

Pale Chanting-Goshawk 31 Melierax canorus

Ludwig's Bustard 32 Neotis ludwigii

Southern Black Korhaan 33 Eupodotis afra

Karoo Bustard 11 Eupodotis vigorsii

Common House Martin 34 Delichon urbicum

White-throated Swallow 35 Hirundo albigularis

Pearl-breasted Swallow 36 Hirundo dimidiata

Barn Swallow 37 Hirundo rustica

Plain Martin 38 Riparia paludicola

Rock Martin 39 Ptyonoprogne fuligula

Greater Striped Swallow 40 Cecropis cucullata

Southern Fiscal 17 Lanius collaris

Cape Robin-Chat 26 Cossypha caffra

Mountain Wheatear 41 Oenanthe monticola

Southern Anteater-Chat 42 Myrmecocichla formicivora

Karoo Scrub-Robin 43 Cercotrichas coryphoeus

Cape Rock-Thrush 29 Monticola rupestris

Fiscal Flycatcher 44 Melaenornis silens

Familiar Chat 45 Cercomela familiaris

Karoo Chat 46 Cercomela schlegelii

Sickle-winged Chat 46 Cercomela sinuata

Chat Flycatcher 38 Agricola infuscatus

Malachite Sunbird 47 Nectarinia famosa

Greater Double-collared Sunbird 46 Cinnyris afer

Southern Double-collared Sunbird 35 Cinnyris chalybeus

Dusky Sunbird 48 Cinnyris fuscus

Grey Tit 7 Melaniparus afer

Southern Grey-headed Sparrow 46 Passer diffusus

House Sparrow 17 Passer domesticus

Northern Grey-headed Sparrow 49 Passer griseus

Cape Sparrow 50 Passer melanurus

Fairy Flycatcher 51 Stenostira scita

Cape Crombec 46 Sylvietta rufescens

African Red-eyed Bulbul 51 Pycnonotus nigricans

European Starling 52 Sturnus vulgaris

African Pied Starling 38 Lamprotornis bicolor

Cape Starling 53 Lamprotornis nitens

Red-winged Starling 26 Onychognathus morio

Pale-winged Starling 54 Onychognathus nabouroup

Wattled Starling 55 Creatophora cinerea

Rufous-vented Warbler 16 Sylvia subcaerulea