Species List

The Kameelhoek Species list will be continually updated and verified over time.

Mammals

Common & Scientific Name

Aardvark(Antbear) · Orycteropus afer

Aardwolf · Proteles cristatus

African wild cat · Felis lybica

Bat-eared fox · Otocyon megalotis

Black-backed jackal · Canis mesomelas

Blue wildebeest · Connochaetes taurinus

Brown hyena · Hyeana brunnea

Cape fox · Vulpes chama

Cape grey mongoose · Galerella pulverolenta

Cape ground squirrel · Xerus inauris

Cape hare · Lepus capensis

Cape Porcupine · Hystrix africaeaustralis

Caracal · Felis caracal

Chacma baboon · Papio ursinus

Common warthog · Phacohoerus aethiopicus

Eland · Taurotragus oryx

Giraffe · Giraffa camelopardalis

Grey duiker · Sylvicapra grimmia

Hartmann's Mountain zebra · Equus zebra hartmannae

Impala · Aepyceros melampus

Klipspringer · Oreotragus oreotragus

Kudu · Tragelaphus strepsiceros

Mountain reedbuck · Redunca fulvorufula

Oryx (Gemsbok) · Oryx gazella

Red hartebeest · Alcelaphus buselaphus

Red rock rabbit · Pronolagus randensis

Rock elephant shrew · Elephantulus myurus

Scrub hare · Lepus saxatilis

Slender mongoose · Galerella flavescens

Small Spotted Cat (Black-Footed Cat) · Felis nigripes

Small spotted genet · Genetta genetta

Southern African hedgehog · Atelerix frontalis

Springbok · Antidorcas marsupialis

Springhare · Pedetes capensis

Steenbok · Raphicerus campestris

Suricate (Meerkat) · Suricata suricatta

Vervet monkey · Cercopithecus aethiops

Yellow mongoose · Cynictis penicillata

Birds

Common Name

Barbet; Acacia Pied

Barbet; Crested

Batis; Cape

Batis; Pririt

Bee-eater; European

Bee-eater; Swallow-tailed

Bokmakierie

Brubru

Bulbul; African Red-eyed

Bunting; Cape

Bunting; Cinnamon-breasted

Bunting; Golden-breasted

Bunting; Lark-like

Bustard; Kori

Buzzard; Jackal

Canary; Black-throated

Canary; Whitethroated

Canary; Yellow

Canary; Yellow-eyed

Chat; Anteating

Chat; Familiar

Chat; Karoo

Chat; Mountain

Cisticola; Desert

Cisticola; Grey-backed

Cisticola; Levaillant’s

Courser; Bronzewinged

Courser; Doublebanded

Crombec; Long-billed

Crow; Pied

Cuckoo; Black

Cuckoo; Diederik

Cuckoo; Jacobin

Cuckoo;

Dove; Cape Turtle

Dove; Emerald-spotted

Dove; Laughing

Dove; Namaqua

Drongo; Fork-tailed

Eagle; African Fish

Eagle; Martial

Eagle; Tawny

Eremomela; Yellow-bellied

Falcon; Peregrine

Falcon; Pygmy

Finch; Red-headed

Finch; Scaly-feathered

Francolin; Orange River

Flycatcher; Chat

Flycatcher; Fairy

Flycatcher; Fiscal

Flycatcher; Marico

Flycatcher; Spotted

Goose; Egyptian

Goshawk; Gabar

Goshawk; Southern Pale Chanting

Greenshank; Common

Guineafowl; Helmeted

Hamerkop

Heron; Grey

Honeyguide; Greater

Hoopoe; African

Hornbill; Southern Yellow-billed

Ibis; Hadeda

Ibis; Sacred

Kestrel; Rock

Kite; Black-shouldered

Kingfisher; Malachite

Korhaan; Northern Black

Korhaan; Redcrested

Lapwing; Blacksmith (Plover)

Lapwing; Crowned (Plover)

Lark; Eastern Clapper

Lark; Fawn-coloured

Lark; Rufousnaped

Lark; Sabota

Lark; Spikeheeled

Lark; Stark’s

Mousebird; Red-faced

Mousebird; White-backed

Neddicky

Nightjar; Rufous-cheecked

Ostrich; Common

Owl; Barn

Owl; Cape Eagle

Owl; Giant Eagle

Owl; Pearl-spotted

Owl; Spotted Eagle

Owl; White faced

Penduline-Tit; Cape

Pigeon; Speckled

Pipit; African

Pipit; Buffy

Pipit; Grassveld

Pipit; Longbilled

Pipit; Plain-backed

Plover; Three-banded

Prinia; Blackchested

Pytilia; Green-winged

Quelea; Red-billed

Robin-chat; Cape

Robin; Kalahari Scrub

Rock Martin

Rock-Trush;Short-toed

Roller; European

Roller; Purple

Sandgrouse; Namaqua

Sandpiper; Common

Sandpiper; Marsh

Scimitarbill; Common

Scrub-Robin; Kalahari

Scrub-Robin; Karoo

Secretarybird

Shelduck; South African

Shrike; Common Fiscal

Shrike; Crimson-breasted

Shrike; Lesser Grey

Swallow; Pearlbreasted

Swallow; Greater Striped

Swift; Little

Swift; White-rumped

Tchagra; Brown-crowned

Thick-Knee; Spotted

Tit; Ashy

Tit-Babbler; Chestnut-vented

Tit-Babbler; Layard’s

Vulture; Cape

Vulture; Lappetfaced

Vulture; White

Wagtail; Cape

Warbler; Namaqua

Warbler; Rufous

Warbler; Willow

Waxbill; Black

Waxbill; Violet

Weaver; Sociable

Weaver; Southern Masked

Wheatear; Capped

Wheatear; Mountain

Whydah, Shaft

Woodpecker; Bearded

Woodpecker; Cardinal

Woodpecker; Golden

Plants

Common Name

Ammocharis coranica

Acacia melanoxylon

Achyranthes sicula = Achyranthes aspera var. sicula

Acrotome inflata

Aerva leucura

Agrimonia species

Aizoon species

Albuca species

Alternanthera pungens

Amaranthus hybridus

Ammocharis coranica

Anthephora pubescens

Aptenia species

Aptosimum indivisum

Argemone ochroleuca

Aristida adscensionis

Aristida bipartita

Aristida congesta ssp. barbicollis

Aristida congesta ssp. congesta

Aristida meridionalis

Aristida stipitata

Asclepias species

Asparagus africanus

Asparagus capensis

Asparagus capensis var. capensis

Asparagus falcatus

Asparagus laricinus

Asparagus suaveolens

Barleria elegans

Berkheya species

Bidens bipinnata

Bidens pilosa

Blepharis subvolubilis

Boerhavia diffusa

Boerhavia hereroensis

Boerhavia species

Boophone disticha

Boscia albitrunca

Brachiaria marlothii

Brachiaria serrata

Bulbostylis burchellii

Cenchrus ciliaris

Cereus jamacaru

Cheilanthes hirta var. brevipilosa

Chenopodium carinatum

Chenopodium virgatum = Chenopodium foliosum

Chloris virgata

Citrullus lanatus

Cleome angustifolia

Cleome hirta = Cleome elegantissima

Commelina africana

Commelina benghalensis

Conyza bonariensis

Crabbea acaulis

Crabbea angustifolia

Cucumis africanus

Cymbopogon plurinodis

Cynodon dactylon

Cyperus species

Datura stramonium

Dicoma capensis

Digitaria eriantha

Diospyros lycioides

Echinopsis schickendantzii = Echinopsis spachiana

Ehretia rigida

Elephantorrhiza elephantina

Enneapogon cenchroides

Enneapogon desvauxii

Enneapogon scoparius

Eragrostis biflora

Eragrostis curvula

Eragrostis echinochloidea

Eragrostis lehmanniana

Eragrostis nindensis

Eragrostis obtusa

Eragrostis superba

Eragrostis trichophora

Eriocephalus microphyllus

Eriocereus martinii=Harissia martinii

Euclea natalensis

Euclea undulata

Eustachys paspaloides

Felicia mossamedensis

Felicia muricata

Fingerhuthia africana

Gazania krebsiana

Geigeria burkei

Gomphocarpus fruticosus

Grewia flava

Grewia occidentalis

Grewia retinervis

Guilleminea densa

Gymnosporia buxifolia = Maytenus heterophylla

Harpagophytum procumbens

Helichrysum species

Heliotropium species

Hermannia amoena

Hermannia cernua

Hertia cluytiifolia

Heteropogon contortus

Hibiscus pusillus

Hypoxis species

Indigofera auricoma

Indigofera hedyantha

Indigofera species

Jamesbrittenia aurantiaca

Kalanchoe paniculata

Kalanchoe species

Kohautia amatymbica

Kyphocarpa angustifolia

Lachenalia species

Lantana rugosa

Ledebouria ovalifolia

Ledebouria revoluta

Lepidium bonariense

Lessertia annularis

Lessertia frutescens ssp. Frutescens

Lessertia fruticosa

Limeum africanum

Limeum fenestratum

Limeum viscosum

Lotononis calycina

Lotononis species

Lycium cinereum

Lycium oxycarpum

Lycium species

Lycium villosum

Mariscus congestus

Massonia depressa

Melhania prostrata

Melhania rehmannii

Melinis repens

Microchloa caffra

Monechma spartioides

Moraea species

Nidorella hottentotica

Opuntia ficus-indica

Oxalis corniculata

Oxalis deppei = Oxalis tetraphylla

Oxalis depressa

Oxalis kamiesbergensis

Oxalis obliquifolia

Oxalis pes-caprae

Panicum coloratum

Pavonia senegalensis

Pelargonium species

Peliostomum leucorrhizum

Pellaea calomelanos

Pentarrhinum insipidum

Pentzia globosa

Pharnaceum croceum

Phyllanthus parvulus

Pogonarthria squarrosa

Pollichia campestris

Portulaca collina

Portulaca quadrifida

Pteronia glauca

Rhigozum trichotomum

Rhigozum virgatum

Rhynchosia minima

Rhynchosia totta

Ruschia species

Ruschia spinosa

Salsola tuberculata

Salvia verbenaca

Schmidtia pappophoroides

Searsia lancea

Searsia pyroides

Searsia tridactyla

Sebaea grandis = Exochaenium grande

Selago geniculata

Senecio species

Senegalia mellifera

Senna italica

Sesamum triphyllum

Setaria verticillata

Sida cordifolia

Solanum elaeagnifolium

Solanum incanum

Solanum panduriforme

Solanum retroflexum

Sporobolus fimbriatus

Sporobolus pyramidalis

Stipagrostis uniplumis

Tagetes minuta

Talinum arnotii

Talinum caffrum

Tarchonanthus camphoratus

Tephrosia capensis

Tephrosia dregeama

Themeda triandra

Tragus berteronianus

Tragus koelerioides

Tribulus terrestris

Urochloa panicoides

Vachellia erioloba

Vachellia tortilis

Verbesina encelioides

Vernonia oligocephala = Hilliardiella oligocephala

Walafrida densiflora = Selago densiflora

Walafrida geniculata

Waltheria indica

Xanthium spinosum

Ziziphus mucronata

Zornia capensis

Zygophyllum lichtensteinianum = Zygophyllum gilfillanii

Reptiles & Amphibians

Common & Scientific Name

Leopard tortoise · Stigmochelys pardalis

Karoo Tent tortoise · Psammobates tentorius tentorius

Cape cobra · Naja nivea

Black Spitting cobra · Naja nigricincta woodi

Puff adder · Bitis arietans

Mole snake · Pseudaspis cana

Brown house snake · Lamprophis fuliginosus

Bibron's gecko · Pachydactylus bibronii

Southern Rock agama · Agama atra

Ground agama · Agama aculeata

Striped skink · Mabuya striata

Cape skink · Mabuya capensis

Common caco · Cacosternum boettgeri

Giant bullfrog · Pyxicephalus adspersus

Karoo toad · Bufo gariepensis gariepensis

Common platanna · Xenopus laevis laevis