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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Rock Monitor ¹
Varanus albigularis

Dideric Cuckoo ²
Chrysococcyx caprius

Pied Cuckoo ³
Clamator jacobinus

Red-chested Cuckoo ⁴
Cuculus solitarius

Greater Honeyguide ⁵
Indicator indicator

Lesser Honeyguide ⁶
Indicator minor

Ground Woodpecker ⁷
Geocolaptes olivaceus

Cardinal Woodpecker ⁸
Chloropicus fuscescens

Acacia Pied Barbet ⁹
Tricholaema leucomelas

Crested Barbet ¹⁰
Trachyphonus vaillantii

Spotted Eagle-Owl ⁷
Bubo africanus

Cape Eagle-Owl ¹¹
Bubo capensis

Barn Owl ¹²
Tyto alba

Common Ostrich ¹³
Struthio camelus

European Bee-eater ¹⁴
Merops apiaster

White-fronted Bee-eater ¹⁰
Merops bullockoides

Giant Kingfisher ¹⁵
Megaceryle maxima

Ring-necked Dove ¹⁰
Streptopelia capicola

Red-eyed Dove ¹⁶
Streptopelia semitorquata

Laughing Dove ¹¹
Streptopelia senegalensis

Speckled Pigeon ¹⁴
Columba guinea

Rock Pigeon ¹⁷
Columba livia

Namaqua Dove ¹⁸
Oena capensis

Red-faced Mousebird ¹⁹
Urocolius indicus

White-backed Mousebird ⁶
Colius colius

Speckled Mousebird ²⁰
Colius striatus

White Stork ²¹
Ciconia ciconia

Black Stork ²²
Ciconia nigra

Blue Crane ²³
Anthropoides paradiseus

Common Scimitarbill ²⁴
Rhinopomastus cyanomelas

African Hoopoe ²⁵
Upupa epops africana

Helmeted Guineafowl ¹³
Numida meleagris

Grey-winged Francolin ²⁶
Scleroptila afra

Common Quail ²⁷
Coturnix coturnix

Ruff ²⁸
Calidris pugnax

Common Greenshank ²⁹
Tringa nebularia

Three-banded Plover ¹⁰
Charadrius tricollaris

Blacksmith Lapwing ¹³
Vanellus armatus

Crowned Lapwing ³⁰
Vanellus coronatus

Spotted Thick-knee ³¹
Burhinus capensis

African Spoonbill ¹⁴
Platalea alba

Sacred Ibis ³²
Threskiornis aethiopicus

Hadeda Ibis ³³
Bostrychia hagedash

Hamerkop ¹⁴
Scopus umbretta

Grey Heron ³⁴
Ardea cinerea

Black-headed Heron ³⁵
Ardea melanocephala

Cattle Egret ³⁶
Bubulcus ibis

Amur Falcon ⁷
Falco amurensis

Lesser Kestrel ⁷
Falco naumanni

Greater Kestrel ²⁵
Falco rupicoloides

Rock Kestrel ³⁷
Falco rupicolus

Eurasian Hobby ³⁸
Falco subbuteo

Fiery-necked Nightjar ³⁹
Caprimulgus pectoralis

Rufous-cheeked Nightjar ⁴⁰
Caprimulgus rufigena

Little Swift ³
Apus affinis

Common Swift ⁴¹
Apus apus

African Swift ⁴²
Apus barbatus

White-rumped Swift ⁴³
Apus caffer

Horus Swift ⁴⁴
Apus horus

Alpine Swift ¹⁴
Apus melba

African Palm-Swift ¹⁴
Cypsiurus parvus

Cape Teal ⁴⁵
Anas capensis

Red-billed Teal ⁴⁶
Anas erythrorhyncha

African Black Duck ¹¹
Anas sparsa

Yellow-billed Duck ⁴⁷
Anas undulata

South African Shelduck ³
Tadorna cana

Egyptian Goose ⁴⁸
Alopochen aegyptiaca

Spur-winged Goose ¹⁴
Plectropterus gambensis

Secretarybird ⁴⁹
Sagittarius serpentarius

Gabar Goshawk ¹⁸
Micronisus gabar

Verreaux's Eagle ⁵⁰
Aquila verreauxii

Black Goshawk ⁵¹
Accipiter melanoleucus

Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk ⁸
Accipiter rufiventris

Booted Eagle ³²
Hieraaetus pennatus

Black Harrier ⁵²
Circus maurus

Jackal Buzzard ⁵³
Buteo rufofuscus

Steppe Buzzard ²⁵
Buteo buteo vulpinus

African Harrier-Hawk ⁵⁴
Polyboroides typus

Black-winged Kite ⁵⁵
Elanus caeruleus

African Fish-Eagle ¹³
Haliaeetus vocifer

Pale Chanting-Goshawk ²⁴
Melierax canorus

Martial Eagle ⁵⁶
Polemaetus bellicosus

Northern Black Korhaan ⁵⁷
Eupodotis afraoides

Blue Bustard ⁵⁸
Eupodotis caerulescens

Karoo Bustard ¹¹
Eupodotis vigorsii

Eupodotis vigorsii vigorsii ⁵⁹

Great Cormorant ⁶⁰
Phalacrocorax carbo

White-throated Swallow ⁶¹
Hirundo albigularis

Pearl-breasted Swallow ⁶²
Hirundo dimidiata

Barn Swallow ⁶³
Hirundo rustica

Plain Martin ⁷
Riparia paludicola

Rock Martin ⁶⁴
Ptyonoprogne fuligula

Greater Striped Swallow ⁶⁵
Cecropis cucullata

Southern Fiscal ¹³
Lanius collaris

Red-backed Shrike ⁶⁶
Lanius collurio

Lesser Grey Shrike ¹⁴
Lanius minor

Cape Robin-Chat ⁴³
Cossypha caffra

Mountain Wheatear ⁶⁷
Oenanthe monticola

Southern Anteater-Chat ⁶⁸
Myrmecocichla formicivora

African Stonechat ³²
Saxicola torquatus

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Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3125_2455: Species List

Rock Monitor 1 Varanus albigularis

Dideric Cuckoo 2 Chrysococcyx caprius

Pied Cuckoo 3 Clamator jacobinus

Red-chested Cuckoo 4 Cuculus solitarius

Greater Honeyguide 5 Indicator indicator

Lesser Honeyguide 6 Indicator minor

Ground Woodpecker 7 Geocolaptes olivaceus

Cardinal Woodpecker 8 Chloropicus fuscescens

Acacia Pied Barbet 9 Tricholaema leucomelas

Crested Barbet 10 Trachyphonus vaillantii

Spotted Eagle-Owl 7 Bubo africanus

Cape Eagle-Owl 11 Bubo capensis

Barn Owl 12 Tyto alba

Common Ostrich 13 Struthio camelus

European Bee-eater 14 Merops apiaster

White-fronted Bee-eater 10 Merops bullockoides

Giant Kingfisher 15 Megaceryle maxima

Ring-necked Dove 10 Streptopelia capicola

Red-eyed Dove 16 Streptopelia semitorquata

Laughing Dove 11 Streptopelia senegalensis

Speckled Pigeon 14 Columba guinea

Rock Pigeon 17 Columba livia

Namaqua Dove 18 Oena capensis

Red-faced Mousebird 19 Urocolius indicus

White-backed Mousebird 6 Colius colius

Speckled Mousebird 20 Colius striatus

White Stork 21 Ciconia ciconia

Black Stork 22 Ciconia nigra

Blue Crane 23 Anthropoides paradiseus

Common Scimitarbill 24 Rhinopomastus cyanomelas

African Hoopoe 25 Upupa epops africana

Helmeted Guineafowl 13 Numida meleagris

Grey-winged Francolin 26 Scleroptila afra

Common Quail 27 Coturnix coturnix

Ruff 28 Calidris pugnax

Common Greenshank 29 Tringa nebularia

Three-banded Plover 10 Charadrius tricollaris

Blacksmith Lapwing 13 Vanellus armatus

Crowned Lapwing 30 Vanellus coronatus

Spotted Thick-knee 31 Burhinus capensis

African Spoonbill 14 Platalea alba

Sacred Ibis 32 Threskiornis aethiopicus

Hadeda Ibis 33 Bostrychia hagedash

Hamerkop 14 Scopus umbretta

Grey Heron 34 Ardea cinerea

Black-headed Heron 35 Ardea melanocephala

Cattle Egret 36 Bubulcus ibis

Amur Falcon 7 Falco amurensis

Lesser Kestrel 7 Falco naumanni

Greater Kestrel 25 Falco rupicoloides

Rock Kestrel 37 Falco rupicolus

Eurasian Hobby 38 Falco subbuteo

Fiery-necked Nightjar 39 Caprimulgus pectoralis

Rufous-cheeked Nightjar 40 Caprimulgus rufigena

Little Swift 3 Apus affinis

Common Swift 41 Apus apus

African Swift 42 Apus barbatus

White-rumped Swift 43 Apus caffer

Horus Swift 44 Apus horus

Alpine Swift 14 Apus melba

African Palm-Swift 14 Cypsiurus parvus

Cape Teal 45 Anas capensis

Red-billed Teal 46 Anas erythrorhyncha

African Black Duck 11 Anas sparsa

Yellow-billed Duck 47 Anas undulata

South African Shelduck 3 Tadorna cana

Egyptian Goose 48 Alopochen aegyptiaca

Spur-winged Goose 14 Plectropterus gambensis

Secretarybird 49 Sagittarius serpentarius

Gabar Goshawk 18 Micronisus gabar

Verreaux's Eagle 50 Aquila verreauxii

Black Goshawk 51 Accipiter melanoleucus

Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk 8 Accipiter rufiventris

Booted Eagle 32 Hieraaetus pennatus

Black Harrier 52 Circus maurus

Jackal Buzzard 53 Buteo rufofuscus

Steppe Buzzard 25 Buteo buteo vulpinus

African Harrier-Hawk 54 Polyboroides typus

Black-winged Kite 55 Elanus caeruleus