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