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Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3140_2120: Species List

A species list of plants and animals surveyed during the Karoo BioGaps Project for Pentad 3140_2120 representative of the Western Upper Karoo vegetation type in the Upper Karoo Bioregion. This Pentad is about 26 Km NW of Fraserburg, on the R353.

Ground Agama 1
Agama aculeata
Variegated Skink 2
Trachylepis variegata
Acacia Pied Barbet 3
Tricholaema leucomelas
Cape Eagle-Owl 4
Bubo capensis
European Bee-eater 5
Merops apiaster
Malachite Kingfisher 6
Corythornis cristatus
Ring-necked Dove 7
Streptopelia capicola
Red-eyed Dove 8
Streptopelia semitorquata
Laughing Dove 4
Streptopelia senegalensis
Speckled Pigeon 5
Columba guinea
Namaqua Dove 9
Oena capensis
White-backed Mousebird 10
Colius colius
Eurasian Moorhen 11
Gallinula chloropus
Namaqua Sandgrouse 4
Pterocles namaqua
Grey-winged Francolin 12
Scleroptila afra
Three-banded Plover 7
Charadrius tricollaris
Blacksmith Lapwing 13
Vanellus armatus
Little Grebe 14
Tachybaptus ruficollis
Hadeda Ibis 15
Bostrychia hagedash
Grey Heron 16
Ardea cinerea
Black-headed Heron 17
Ardea melanocephala
American Flamingo 18
Phoenicopterus ruber
Rock Kestrel 19
Falco rupicolus
Little Swift 20
Apus affinis
White-rumped Swift 2
Apus caffer
African Black Duck 4
Anas sparsa
Yellow-billed Duck 21
Anas undulata
South African Shelduck 20
Tadorna cana
Egyptian Goose 22
Alopochen aegyptiaca
Jackal Buzzard 23
Buteo rufofuscus
Pale Chanting-Goshawk 24
Melierax canorus
Ludwig's Bustard 25
Neotis ludwigii
Karoo Bustard 4
Eupodotis vigorsii
Long-tailed Cormorant 26
Microcarbo africanus
Great Cormorant 27
Phalacrocorax carbo
African Darter 6
Anhinga rufa
Barn Swallow 28
Hirundo rustica
Plain Martin 29
Riparia paludicola
Rock Martin 30
Ptyonoprogne fuligula
Greater Striped Swallow 31
Cecropis cucullata
Southern Fiscal 13
Lanius collaris
Cape Robin-Chat 2
Cossypha caffra
Mountain Wheatear 32
Oenanthe monticola
Southern Anteater-Chat 33
Myrmecocichla formicivora
Karoo Scrub-Robin 34
Cercotrichas coryphoeus
Familiar Chat 35
Cercomela familiaris
Karoo Chat 36
Cercomela schlegelii
Sickle-winged Chat 36
Cercomela sinuata
Tractrac Chat 37
Cercomela tractrac
Chat Flycatcher 29
Agricola infuscatus
Grey Tit 38
Melaniparus afer
Southern Grey-headed Sparrow 36
Passer diffusus
House Sparrow 13
Passer domesticus
Cape Sparrow 39
Passer melanurus
Fairy Flycatcher 40
Stenostira scita
Cape Crombec 36
Sylvietta rufescens
African Red-eyed Bulbul 40
Pycnonotus nigricans
European Starling 41
Sturnus vulgaris
African Pied Starling 29
Lamprotornis bicolor
Layard's Warbler 34
Sylvia layardi
Rufous-vented Warbler 42
Sylvia subcaerulea
African Reed Warbler 34
Acrocephalus baeticatus
Cape Bunting 36
Emberiza capensis
Lark-like Bunting 36
Emberiza impetuani
Common Waxbill 43
Estrilda astrild
Red-headed Finch 42
Amadina erythrocephala
Bokmakierie 44
Telophorus zeylonus
Cape Wagtail 44
Motacilla capensis
African Pipit 45
Anthus cinnamomeus
Cape Weaver 46
Ploceus capensis
Southern Masked-Weaver 36
Ploceus velatus
Southern Red Bishop 44
Euplectes orix
Southern Penduline Tit 47
Anthoscopus minutus
Karoo Lark 38
Calendulauda albescens
Benguela Lark 34
Certhilauda benguelensis
Agulhas Lark 48
Certhilauda brevirostris
Cape Lark 49
Certhilauda curvirostris
Eastern Long-billed Lark 2
Certhilauda semitorquata
Karoo Long-billed Lark 36
Certhilauda subcoronata
Large-billed Lark 38
Galerida magnirostris
Black-eared Sparrow-Lark 38
Eremopterix australis
Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark 50
Eremopterix verticalis
Red-capped Lark 29
Calandrella cinerea
Spike-heeled Lark 36
Chersomanes albofasciata
Yellow-rumped Eremomela 34
Eremomela gregalis
Yellow-bellied Eremomela 36
Eremomela icteropygialis
Grey-backed Cisticola 51
Cisticola subruficapilla
Levaillant's Cisticola 17
Cisticola tinniens
Rufous-eared Warbler 24
Malcorus pectoralis
Drakensberg Prinia 34
Prinia hypoxantha
Karoo Prinia 52
Prinia maculosa
Pied Crow 10
Corvus albus
White-throated Canary 23
Crithagra albogularis
Yellow Canary 23
Crithagra flaviventris
Black-headed Canary 51
Serinus alario
Rock Hyrax 53
Procavia capensis
Cape Dassie
Procavia capensis capensis
Aardvark 54
Orycteropus afer
South African Ground Squirrel 55
Geosciurus inauris
Springbok 56
Antidorcas marsupialis

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