Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3125_2455: Species List

A species list of plants and animals surveyed during the Karoo BioGaps Project for Pentad 3125_2455 representative of the Besemkaree Koppies Shrubland vegetation type in the Dry Highveld Grassland Bioregion. This Pentad is just north west of Middelburg, EC, with the SE corner in the NW area of ...more ↓

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Dideric Cuckoo ¹
Chrysococcyx caprius

Pied Cuckoo ²
Clamator jacobinus

Red-chested Cuckoo ³
Cuculus solitarius

Greater Honeyguide ⁴
Indicator indicator

Lesser Honeyguide ⁵
Indicator minor

Ground Woodpecker ⁶
Geocolaptes olivaceus

Cardinal Woodpecker ⁷
Chloropicus fuscescens

Acacia Pied Barbet ⁸
Tricholaema leucomelas

Crested Barbet ⁹
Trachyphonus vaillantii

Spotted Eagle-Owl ⁶
Bubo africanus

Cape Eagle-Owl ¹⁰
Bubo capensis

Barn Owl ¹¹
Tyto alba

Common Ostrich ¹²
Struthio camelus

European Bee-eater ¹³
Merops apiaster

White-fronted Bee-eater ⁹
Merops bullockoides

Giant Kingfisher ¹⁴
Megaceryle maxima

Ring-necked Dove ⁹
Streptopelia capicola

Red-eyed Dove ¹⁵
Streptopelia semitorquata

Laughing Dove ¹⁰
Streptopelia senegalensis

Speckled Pigeon ¹³
Columba guinea

Rock Pigeon ¹⁶
Columba livia

Namaqua Dove ¹⁷
Oena capensis

Red-faced Mousebird ¹⁸
Urocolius indicus

White-backed Mousebird ⁵
Colius colius

Speckled Mousebird ¹⁹
Colius striatus

White Stork ²⁰
Ciconia ciconia

Black Stork ²¹
Ciconia nigra

Blue Crane ²²
Anthropoides paradiseus

Common Scimitarbill ²³
Rhinopomastus cyanomelas

African Hoopoe ²⁴
Upupa epops africana

Helmeted Guineafowl ¹²
Numida meleagris

Grey-winged Francolin ²⁵
Scleroptila afra

Common Quail ²⁶
Coturnix coturnix

Ruff ²⁷
Calidris pugnax

Common Greenshank ²⁸
Tringa nebularia

Three-banded Plover ⁹
Charadrius tricollaris

Blacksmith Lapwing ¹²
Vanellus armatus

Crowned Lapwing ²⁹
Vanellus coronatus

Spotted Thick-knee ³⁰
Burhinus capensis

African Spoonbill ¹³
Platalea alba

Sacred Ibis ³¹
Threskiornis aethiopicus

Hadeda Ibis ³²
Bostrychia hagedash

Hamerkop ¹³
Scopus umbretta

Grey Heron ³³
Ardea cinerea

Black-headed Heron ³⁴
Ardea melanocephala

Cattle Egret ³⁵
Bubulcus ibis

Amur Falcon ⁶
Falco amurensis

Lesser Kestrel ⁶
Falco naumanni

Greater Kestrel ²⁴
Falco rupicoloides

Rock Kestrel ³⁶
Falco rupicolus

Eurasian Hobby ³⁷
Falco subbuteo

Fiery-necked Nightjar ³⁸
Caprimulgus pectoralis

Rufous-cheeked Nightjar ³⁹
Caprimulgus rufigena

Little Swift ²
Apus affinis

Common Swift ⁴⁰
Apus apus

African Swift ⁴¹
Apus barbatus

White-rumped Swift ⁴²
Apus caffer

Horus Swift ⁴³
Apus horus

Alpine Swift ¹³
Apus melba

African Palm-Swift ¹³
Cypsiurus parvus

Cape Teal ⁴⁴
Anas capensis

Red-billed Teal ⁴⁵
Anas erythrorhyncha

African Black Duck ¹⁰
Anas sparsa

Yellow-billed Duck ⁴⁶
Anas undulata

South African Shelduck ²
Tadorna cana

Egyptian Goose ⁴⁷
Alopochen aegyptiaca

Spur-winged Goose ¹³
Plectropterus gambensis

Secretarybird ⁴⁸
Sagittarius serpentarius

Gabar Goshawk ¹⁷
Micronisus gabar

Verreaux's Eagle ⁴⁹
Aquila verreauxii

Black Goshawk ⁵⁰
Accipiter melanoleucus

Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk ⁷
Accipiter rufiventris

Booted Eagle ³¹
Hieraaetus pennatus

Black Harrier ⁵¹
Circus maurus

Jackal Buzzard ⁵²
Buteo rufofuscus

Steppe Buzzard ²⁴
Buteo buteo vulpinus

African Harrier-Hawk ⁵³
Polyboroides typus

Black-winged Kite ⁵⁴
Elanus caeruleus

African Fish-Eagle ¹²
Haliaeetus vocifer

Pale Chanting-Goshawk ²³
Melierax canorus

Martial Eagle ⁵⁵
Polemaetus bellicosus

Northern Black Korhaan ⁵⁶
Eupodotis afraoides

Blue Bustard ⁵⁷
Eupodotis caerulescens

Karoo Bustard ¹⁰
Eupodotis vigorsii

Eupodotis vigorsii vigorsii ⁵⁸

Great Cormorant ⁵⁹
Phalacrocorax carbo

White-throated Swallow ⁶⁰
Hirundo albigularis

Pearl-breasted Swallow ⁶¹
Hirundo dimidiata

Barn Swallow ⁶²
Hirundo rustica

Plain Martin ⁶
Riparia paludicola

Rock Martin ⁶³
Ptyonoprogne fuligula

Greater Striped Swallow ⁶⁴
Cecropis cucullata

Southern Fiscal ¹²
Lanius collaris

Red-backed Shrike ⁶⁵
Lanius collurio

Lesser Grey Shrike ¹³
Lanius minor

Cape Robin-Chat ⁴²
Cossypha caffra

Mountain Wheatear ⁶⁶
Oenanthe monticola

Southern Anteater-Chat ⁶⁷
Myrmecocichla formicivora

African Stonechat ³¹
Saxicola torquatus

Spotted Flycatcher ⁶⁵
Muscicapa striata

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Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3125_2455: Species List

Dideric Cuckoo 1 Chrysococcyx caprius

Pied Cuckoo 2 Clamator jacobinus

Red-chested Cuckoo 3 Cuculus solitarius

Greater Honeyguide 4 Indicator indicator

Lesser Honeyguide 5 Indicator minor

Ground Woodpecker 6 Geocolaptes olivaceus

Cardinal Woodpecker 7 Chloropicus fuscescens

Acacia Pied Barbet 8 Tricholaema leucomelas

Crested Barbet 9 Trachyphonus vaillantii

Spotted Eagle-Owl 6 Bubo africanus

Cape Eagle-Owl 10 Bubo capensis

Barn Owl 11 Tyto alba

Common Ostrich 12 Struthio camelus

European Bee-eater 13 Merops apiaster

White-fronted Bee-eater 9 Merops bullockoides

Giant Kingfisher 14 Megaceryle maxima

Ring-necked Dove 9 Streptopelia capicola

Red-eyed Dove 15 Streptopelia semitorquata

Laughing Dove 10 Streptopelia senegalensis

Speckled Pigeon 13 Columba guinea

Rock Pigeon 16 Columba livia

Namaqua Dove 17 Oena capensis

Red-faced Mousebird 18 Urocolius indicus

White-backed Mousebird 5 Colius colius

Speckled Mousebird 19 Colius striatus

White Stork 20 Ciconia ciconia

Black Stork 21 Ciconia nigra

Blue Crane 22 Anthropoides paradiseus

Common Scimitarbill 23 Rhinopomastus cyanomelas

African Hoopoe 24 Upupa epops africana

Helmeted Guineafowl 12 Numida meleagris

Grey-winged Francolin 25 Scleroptila afra

Common Quail 26 Coturnix coturnix

Ruff 27 Calidris pugnax

Common Greenshank 28 Tringa nebularia

Three-banded Plover 9 Charadrius tricollaris

Blacksmith Lapwing 12 Vanellus armatus

Crowned Lapwing 29 Vanellus coronatus

Spotted Thick-knee 30 Burhinus capensis

African Spoonbill 13 Platalea alba

Sacred Ibis 31 Threskiornis aethiopicus

Hadeda Ibis 32 Bostrychia hagedash

Hamerkop 13 Scopus umbretta

Grey Heron 33 Ardea cinerea

Black-headed Heron 34 Ardea melanocephala

Cattle Egret 35 Bubulcus ibis

Amur Falcon 6 Falco amurensis

Lesser Kestrel 6 Falco naumanni

Greater Kestrel 24 Falco rupicoloides

Rock Kestrel 36 Falco rupicolus

Eurasian Hobby 37 Falco subbuteo

Fiery-necked Nightjar 38 Caprimulgus pectoralis

Rufous-cheeked Nightjar 39 Caprimulgus rufigena

Little Swift 2 Apus affinis

Common Swift 40 Apus apus

African Swift 41 Apus barbatus

White-rumped Swift 42 Apus caffer

Horus Swift 43 Apus horus

Alpine Swift 13 Apus melba

African Palm-Swift 13 Cypsiurus parvus

Cape Teal 44 Anas capensis

Red-billed Teal 45 Anas erythrorhyncha

African Black Duck 10 Anas sparsa

Yellow-billed Duck 46 Anas undulata

South African Shelduck 2 Tadorna cana

Egyptian Goose 47 Alopochen aegyptiaca

Spur-winged Goose 13 Plectropterus gambensis

Secretarybird 48 Sagittarius serpentarius

Gabar Goshawk 17 Micronisus gabar

Verreaux's Eagle 49 Aquila verreauxii

Black Goshawk 50 Accipiter melanoleucus

Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk 7 Accipiter rufiventris

Booted Eagle 31 Hieraaetus pennatus

Black Harrier 51 Circus maurus

Jackal Buzzard 52 Buteo rufofuscus

Steppe Buzzard 24 Buteo buteo vulpinus

African Harrier-Hawk 53 Polyboroides typus

Black-winged Kite 54 Elanus caeruleus

African Fish-Eagle 12 Haliaeetus vocifer