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Wild and Native Species List

Woody Vegetation

Silver terminalia T e rminalia sericea Blue green sour plum Ximenia Americana Buffalo thorn Ziziphus mucronata
Pseudogaltonia clavata

Table SEQ Table \* ARABIC 3: List of common trees, scrub, and understory vegetation found on CCF farms (2005). Warm-cure

  • albizia Albizia anthelmintica
  • Mundulea sericea

Shepherds tree Boscia albitrunca

Brandy bush Grevia flava
Tumble weed Acrotome inflate

Pig weed Amaranthus sp.
Flame acacia Senegalia ataxacantha Camel thorn Vachellia erioloba Blue thorn Senegalia erubescens

Blade thorn Senegalia fleckii

Wild asparagus Asparagus sp. Tsama/ melon Citrullus lanatus Wild cucumber Coccinea sessilifolia
Corchorus asplenifolius
Candle pod acacia Vachellia hebeclada Mountain thorn Senegalia hereroensis Baloon thron Vachellia luederitziae
Flame lily Gloriosa superba
Tribulis terestris Solanum delagoense
Black thorn Senegalia mellifera subsp. Detin-  Gemsbok bean Tylosema esculentum

  • ens
  • Blepharis diversispina

(Forb) Cyperus fulgens Cyperus fulgens

False umbrella thorn Vachellia reficience

Umbrella thorn Vachellia tortilis

  • Aloe littoralis
  • Ledebouria spp.

  • Zebra aloe Aloe zebrine
  • Wild sesame Sesamum triphyllum

  • Elephant’s ear Abutilon angulatum
  • White bauhinia Bauhinia petersiana

Smelly shepherd’s tree Boscia foetida Trumpet thorn Catophractes alexandri Kudu bush Combretum apiculatum Bushwillow Combretum collinum Lead wood Combretum imberbe Sand commiphora Commiphora angolensis

Brandy bush Grevia flava

Common commiphora Commiphora pyran- cathioides Lavender bush Croton gratissimus subsp. Gratissimus Sickle bush Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. Africana
Ehretia rigida

Rough-leaved raisin Grevia flavescens

Lyceum eeni
Kalahari apple-leaf Lonchocarpus nelsii Bead maerua Maerua schinzii
Maerua juncea
Common resin tree Ozoroa paniculosa Stink bush Pechuel loeschea – leubnitziae African wattle Peltophorum africanum
Phaeoptilum spinosum

Grasses

Table SEQ Table \* ARABIC 4: List of common grass species found on CCF farms (2005).

Annual Three-awn Aristida adscensionis Blue Buffalo Grass Cenchrus ciliaris Bottle-brush Grass Perotis patens Broad-leaved Curly Leaf Eragrostis rigidior Broom Love Grass Eragrostis pallens Bur-bristle Grass Setaria verticillata

Bushman Grass Schmidtia kalahariensis

cattle grass Urocloa brachyura

Common Carrot-seed Grass Tragus bertero-

nianus Common Crowfoot Dactyloctenium aegyp- tium Couch Grass Cynodon dactylon Feathered Chloris Chloris virgata Finger Grass Digitaria eriantha Flaccid Finger Grass Digitaria velutina Giant Three-awn Aristida meridionalis Gonya Grass Urochloa bolboides Guinea Grass Panicum maximum Hairy Love Grass Eragrostis tricophora Herring-bone Grass Pogonarthria squarrosa Kalahari Sand Quick Schmidtia pappophoroi- des
Karee Rhus lanchea Bitter karee Rhus marlothii

Rhus volky

Yellow rhizozum Rhygosum brevispinosum Camphor bush T a rconanthus camphorates

  • Purple pod terminalia T e rminalia prunioides
  • Klipgras Enneapogon scaber

Large-seeded Three-awn Aristida rhin- iochloa
African spoonbill Platalea alba Alpine swift Apus melba
Lehmann’s Love Grass Eragrostis lehmanni- ana Luderitz Grass Monelitrum luederitzianum
Ant eating chat Myrmecocichla formicivora Ashy grey tit Parus cinerascens Barn owl Tyto alba

Naakte Windhalmgras Eragrostis cyndriflora  Barred warbler Camaroptera fasciola

Narrow-leaved Turpentine Grass Cybopogon Bateleur eagle T e rathopius ecaudatus

  • pospischilii
  • Bearded woodpecker Thripias namaquus

Natal Red Top Melinis repens subsp. Repens

Black breasted snake eagle Circaetus galli-

Nine-awned Grass Enneapogon cenchroides   cus

Pincushion Grass Microchloa caffra

Pluimarmgras Brachiaria paeoides Sawtooth Love Grass Eragrostis superba

Black chested prinia Prinia flavicans

Black cuckoo Cuculus clamosus Black eagle Aquila verreauxii
Schoenfelder-se-armgrasBrachiaria schoen-  Black Kite Milvus migrans

  • felderi
  • Black Korhaan Eupodotis afra

Shade Eragrostis Eragrostis biflora

Silky Bushman Grass Stipagrostis uniplumis Small Panicum Panicum coloratum Spear Grass Heteropogon contortus

Spreading Stick Grass Aristida effuse

Sticky Love Grass Eragrostis viscose Stinking Grass Bothriocloa radicans Tassel Three-awn Aristida congesta Thimble Grass Fingerhuthia africana Tick Grass Eragrostis echinochloidea Vleipluimgras Eragrostis rotifer Wether Love Grass Eragrostis nindensis Wind grass Eragrostis porosa Wool Grass Antephora pubescens Feather top Melinis villosum
Pennisetum setaceum
Black necked grebe Podiceps nigricolis

Blackbreasted snake eagle Circaetus galli-

cus Blackcheecked waxbill Estrilda erythronotos Blackheaded heron Ardea melanocephala Blackshouldered kite Elanus caaeruleus Blacksmith Plover Vanellus armatus Blackthroated canary Serinus astrogularis Bleating warbler Euryptila subcinnamomea Blue waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis

Bradfield’s hornbill T o ckus bradfieldi

Bronzewinged courser Rhinoptilus chalcop- terus Brown snake eagle Circaetus cinereus Brownthroated Martin Riparia paludicola Brubru Nilaus afer

Herring-bone grass Pogonarthria flekii

Setaria ustilata
Burchell sandgrouse Pterocles burcelli

Burchell’s glossy starling Lamprotornis aus-

  • tralis
  • Sporobolus coromande-

  • lianus
  • Cape glossy starling Lamprotornis nitens

  • Cape teal Anas capensis
  • T. minimus

  • Red grass Themeda triandra
  • Cape Turtle Dove Streptopelia capicola

Cape vultureGyps coprotheres Cardinal woodpecker Dendropicos fuscen- cens

Birds

The farms fall within the zone estimated to have a species count ranging between 201 – Cattle egret Bubulcus ibis 230 types of birds (Mendelsohn & el Obeid, 2002). Table SEQ Table \* ARABIC 5: List of common bird species on CCF farms (2005).

Abdim’s stork Ciconia abdimii
Chestnut weaver Ploceus rubiginosus Chestvented Tit Barbber Parisoma caeru- leum Crimson breasted shrike Laniarius atrococ- cineus
African cuckoo Cuculus gularis African hawk eagle Hieraaetus fasciatus African hoopoe Upupa epops
Crowned plover Vanellus coronatus

Dabchick T a chybaptus ruficollis

Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius

  • Double banded courser Rhinoptilus afri-
  • African scops owl Otus senegalensis

  • canus
  • Martial eagle Polemaetus bellicosus

Melba finch Pytilia melba

Double banded sandgrouse Pterocles bi-

cinctus

Monteiro’s Hornbill T o ckus monteiri

Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Namaqua dove Onea capensis Namaqua sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua Ostrich Struthio camelus
Dusky Sunbird Nectarinia fusca Dwarf bittern Ixobrychus sturmii Egyptian goose Alopochen aegiptiacus European bee eater Merops apiaster European cuckoo Cuculus canorus European golden oriole Oriolus oroulus European nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus European swallow Hirundo rostica European Swift Apus apus Familiar Chat Cercomela familiaris Feral pigeon Columba livia Forktailed drongo Dicrurus adsimilis Freckled Nightjar Camprimulgus tristigma Gabar goshawk Micronisus gabar Giant eagle owl Bubo lacteus
Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus Palm swift Cypsiurus parvus Paradise Flycatcher T e rpsiphone viridis Paradise whydah Vidua paradisea Pearlspotted owl Glaucidium perlatum Pied babbler Turdoides bicolor Pied barbet Lybius torquatus Plumcoloured Starling Cinnyricinclus leuco- gaster Pririt batis Batis pirit Purple roller Coracias spatulata

Golden breasted bunting Emberiza flaviven - Rattling cisticola Cisticola chiniana

  • tris
  • Red eyed bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans

Red headed finch Amadina erythrocephala Redbacked Shrike Lanicus collurio
Great Sparrow Passer motitensis Great spotted cuckoo Clamator glandarius

  • Greater striped swallow Hirundo cocullata
  • Redbilled Buffalo weaver Bubalornis niger

Grey headed sparrow weaver Passer griseus  Redbilled Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger

Grey hornbill T o ckus nasutus

Redbilled francolin Francolinus adspersus

Redbilled hornbill T o ckus erythrorhynchus

Redbilled quelea Quelea quelea Redbilled teal Anas erythrorhyncha Redbilled wood hoopoe Phoeniculus purpu- reus
Grey Lourie Corythaixoides concolor Greybacked finch lark Erempterix verticalis Groundscraper thrush Turdus litsitsirupa Gymnogene Polyboroides typus Hamerkop Scopus umbreta Harlequin quail Coturnix delegorguei Helmeted Guineafowl Nimida meleagris House martin Hirundo foligula Jacobin cuckoo Clamator jacobinus Kalahari Robin Erythropygia paena

Knobbilled duck Sarckidiornis melanotos Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori

Redbreasted swallow Hirundo semirufa

Redcrested Korhaan Eupodotis ruficrista

Redeyed bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans Rednecked falcon Falco chicquera Rock kestrel Falco tinnunculus Rock martin Hirundo fuligula Rock pigeon Columba guinea
Kurricane buttonquail Turnix sylvatica Lapped faced vulture T o rgos tracheliotus Larklike bunting Emberiza impetuani Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis Lesser grey shrikes Lanicus minor Lesser honeyguide Indicator minor Lesser masked weaver Ploceus velatus Lesser striped swallow Hirundo abyssinica Lilac breasted roller Coracias caudata

Little swift Apus affinis

Rosey faced lovebird Agapornis roseicollis

Rufouscheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufige -

na Ruppell’s parrot Poicephalus rueppellii Scaly feathered finch Sporopipes squami- frons

Scimitar billed woodhoopoe Phoeniculus

cyanomelas Secretary bird Sagittarius serpentarius Shafttailed Whydah Vidua regia Short toed rockthrush Monticola brevipes Sociable weaver Philetairus socius Spotted dikkop Burhinus capensis
Long billed crombec Sylvietta rufescens Marabou stork Leptotilos crumeniferus Marico flycatcher Melaenornis mariquensis

  • Spotted eagle owl Bubo africanus
  • Leopard Panthera pardus

Lesser bushbaby Galago moholi Oryx Oryx gazella
Spotted flycatcher Muscicapa striata Steppe buzzard Buteo buteo vulpinus Swainson’s francolin Francolinus swainsonii

Pangolin Manis temminckii

Swallowtailed bee eater Merops hirundineus  Porcupine Hystix africaestralis

  • Tawny eagle Aquila rapax
  • Red hartebeest Alcelaphus beselaphus

ServalFelis serval Slender mongoose Galerella sanguinea Small spotted genet Genetta genetta Springbok Antidorcas marsupialis

Steenbok Madoqua kirkii

Three banded plover Charadrius tricollaris Threestreaked tchagra T c hagra australis

Tinkling cisticola Cisticola rufilata

Violet eared waxbill Uraeginthus granatinus Wahlberg’s eagle Aquila wahlbergi

  • Wattled starling Creatophora cinerea
  • Striped polecat Ictonyx striatus

Western red footed kestrel Falco vespertinus  Warthog Phacochoerus aesthiopicus White backed vulture Gyps africanus

White browed sparrow weaver Plocepassar

mahali
Yellow mongoose Cynictis penicillata

Small mammals

White rumped swift Apus caffer

Whitebrowed sparrow weaver Plocepassar

mahali

Table SEQ Table \* ARABIC 7: List of common small mammals found on CCF farms (2005).

Whitefaced duck Dendrocygna viduata Whitefaced owl Otus leucotis
Black tailed tree rat Thallomys nigricauda Bushveld gerbil T a tera leugogaster Desert pygmy mouse Mus indutus Fat mouse Steatomys pratensis Highveld gerbil T a tera brantsii
Woodland kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis Yellow billed kite Milvus migrans parasitus

Yellow Canary Serinus flaviventris

Yellowbellied eremomela Eremomela

icteropygialis
House mouse Mus musculus Large-eared mouse Malacothrix typica

Lesser savanna door mouse Graphiurus

parvus

Yellowbilled hornbill T o ckus flavirostris

Yellowbilled kite Milvus migrans parasitus
Namaqua rock mouse Aesthomys nam- aquensis

Mammals

Table SEQ Table \* ARABIC 6: List of common mammal species found on CCF farms (2005).

Pouched mouse Saccostomus capestris Pygmy hairy footed gerbil Gerbillurus paeba Red veld rat Aesthomys chrysophylus Rock door mouse Graphiurus platyops Short tailed gerbil Desmodillus auricolaris Single striped mouse Lemniscomys rosalia Striped mouse Rhabdomys pumilio Woodland door mouse Graphiurus murinus Woosnam’s desert rat Aestomys woosnami
Aardvark Orycteropus afer Aardwolf Proteles cristatus African wild cat Felis lybica Banded mongooseMungos mungos bateared fox Otocyon megalotis Black backed jackal Canis mesomelas Brown hyaena Hyaena brunnea Burchell’s zebra Equus burcelli Cape hare Pedeles capensis Caracal Felis caracal Chachma baboon Papio cynocephalus Cheetah Acynonyx jubatus Eland T a urotragus oryx

Girrafe Giraffa camelopardalis

Ground squirrel Xerus inauris Honey badger Mellivora capensis Kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros

Contact

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Telephone: +264 (0)67 304806 Fax:: +264 (0)67 304430 Mail:: CCF Bush (Pty) Ltd PO Box 769 Otijwarongo, Namibia

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