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Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3250_2125: Species List

A species list of plants and animals surveyed during the Karoo BioGaps Project for Pentad 3250_2125 representative of the Gamka Karoo vegetation type in the Lower Karoo Bioregion. This Pentad is about 25 Km south of Merweville, north of the N1.

Acacia Pied Barbet 1
Tricholaema leucomelas
European Bee-eater 2
Merops apiaster
White-fronted Bee-eater 3
Merops bullockoides
Malachite Kingfisher 4
Corythornis cristatus
Ring-necked Dove 3
Streptopelia capicola
Red-eyed Dove 5
Streptopelia semitorquata
Laughing Dove 6
Streptopelia senegalensis
Speckled Pigeon 2
Columba guinea
Namaqua Dove 7
Oena capensis
Red-faced Mousebird 8
Urocolius indicus
White-backed Mousebird 9
Colius colius
Speckled Mousebird 10
Colius striatus
Namaqua Sandgrouse 6
Pterocles namaqua
African Hoopoe 11
Upupa epops africana
Helmeted Guineafowl 12
Numida meleagris
Cape Spurfowl 13
Pternistis capensis
Double-banded Courser 14
Smutsornis africanus
Three-banded Plover 3
Charadrius tricollaris
Blacksmith Lapwing 12
Vanellus armatus
Spotted Thick-knee 15
Burhinus capensis
Hadeda Ibis 16
Bostrychia hagedash
Rock Kestrel 17
Falco rupicolus
Little Swift 18
Apus affinis
African Swift 19
Apus barbatus
White-rumped Swift 20
Apus caffer
Alpine Swift 2
Apus melba
African Black Duck 6
Anas sparsa
South African Shelduck 18
Tadorna cana
Egyptian Goose 21
Alopochen aegyptiaca
Verreaux's Eagle 22
Aquila verreauxii
Pale Chanting-Goshawk 23
Melierax canorus
Ludwig's Bustard 24
Neotis ludwigii
Karoo Bustard 6
Eupodotis vigorsii
White-throated Swallow 25
Hirundo albigularis
Barn Swallow 26
Hirundo rustica
Plain Martin 27
Riparia paludicola
Rock Martin 28
Ptyonoprogne fuligula
Greater Striped Swallow 29
Cecropis cucullata
Southern Fiscal 12
Lanius collaris
Cape Robin-Chat 20
Cossypha caffra
Mountain Wheatear 30
Oenanthe monticola
Southern Anteater-Chat 31
Myrmecocichla formicivora
Karoo Scrub-Robin 19
Cercotrichas coryphoeus
Fiscal Flycatcher 32
Melaenornis silens
Familiar Chat 33
Cercomela familiaris
Karoo Chat 34
Cercomela schlegelii
Sickle-winged Chat 34
Cercomela sinuata
Tractrac Chat 35
Cercomela tractrac
Chat Flycatcher 27
Agricola infuscatus
Malachite Sunbird 36
Nectarinia famosa
Southern Double-collared Sunbird 25
Cinnyris chalybeus
Dusky Sunbird 37
Cinnyris fuscus
Grey Tit 38
Melaniparus afer
House Sparrow 12
Passer domesticus
Cape Sparrow 39
Passer melanurus
Fairy Flycatcher 40
Stenostira scita
Cape Crombec 34
Sylvietta rufescens
Cape Bulbul 41
Pycnonotus capensis
African Red-eyed Bulbul 40
Pycnonotus nigricans
African Pied Starling 27
Lamprotornis bicolor
Pale-winged Starling 42
Onychognathus nabouroup
Layard's Warbler 19
Sylvia layardi
Rufous-vented Warbler 11
Sylvia subcaerulea
Olive Thrush 43
Turdus olivaceus
Karoo Thrush 44
Turdus smithi
Orange River White-eye 45
Zosterops pallidus
Cape White-eye 17
Zosterops virens
African Reed Warbler 19
Acrocephalus baeticatus
Cape Bunting 34
Emberiza capensis
Lark-like Bunting 34
Emberiza impetuani
Pririt Batis 46
Batis pririt
Common Waxbill 47
Estrilda astrild
Bokmakierie 48
Telophorus zeylonus
Southern Tchagra 49
Tchagra tchagra
Cape Wagtail 48
Motacilla capensis
Southern Masked-Weaver 34
Ploceus velatus
Southern Red Bishop 48
Euplectes orix
Southern Penduline Tit 50
Anthoscopus minutus
Karoo Lark 38
Calendulauda albescens
Barlow's Lark 6
Calendulauda barlowi
Benguela Lark 19
Certhilauda benguelensis
Agulhas Lark 51
Certhilauda brevirostris
Cape Lark 52
Certhilauda curvirostris
Eastern Long-billed Lark 20
Certhilauda semitorquata
Karoo Long-billed Lark 34
Certhilauda subcoronata
Large-billed Lark 38
Galerida magnirostris
Black-eared Sparrow-Lark 38
Eremopterix australis
Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark 53
Eremopterix verticalis
Red-capped Lark 27
Calandrella cinerea
Spike-heeled Lark 34
Chersomanes albofasciata
Yellow-bellied Eremomela 34
Eremomela icteropygialis
Grey-backed Cisticola 54
Cisticola subruficapilla
Rufous-eared Warbler 23
Malcorus pectoralis
Drakensberg Prinia 19
Prinia hypoxantha
Karoo Prinia 41
Prinia maculosa
Bar-throated Apalis 27
Apalis thoracica
Namaqua Prinia 20
Phragmacia substriata
White-necked Raven 55
Corvus albicollis
Pied Crow 9
Corvus albus
White-throated Canary 56
Crithagra albogularis

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