Species lists

Wildlife & plant life recorded at Letamo.

The original mammal, reptile, bird and plant pages have been consolidated into a single searchable species guide.

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Mammals

The following mammals have been sighted on Letamo Game Farm.

Carnivores

AardwolfAfrican CivetAfrican Clawless OtterAfrican Wild CatBlack Backed JackalBrown HyaenaCape FoxCaracalHoney BadgerLeopard (VERY Occasional and a long time ago)Marsh MongooseServalSlender MongooseSmall Spotted GenetStriped PolecatWhite Tailed MongooseYellow Mongoose

Large Herbivores/Omnivores

Black WildebeestBlesbokElandGemsbokGreater KuduGrey DuikerGrey RhebokHippopotamusImpalaPlains ZebraRed HartebeestSpringbokSteenbokWaterbuck

Small Herbivores/Omnivores

Acacia RatAfrican Mole RatAngoni VleiratBushveld GerbilCape PorcupineCape Serotine BatEastern Rock Elephant ShrewEgyptian Free Tailed BatEgyptian Slit Faced BatFour Striped GrassmouseGrey Climbing MouseMauritian Tomb BatNamaqua Rock RatPouched MouseRed Rock RabbitRock HyraxSchreibers Long Fingered BatScrub HareSide Striped Grass MouseSouth African Galago (Bushbaby)South African HedgehogSundevalls Roundleaf BatTree SquirrelWoodland Dormouse

Birds

Birdlife is presented in alphabetised groups for easier scanning.

Birds A–C

Barbet - Acacia PiedBarbet - Black ColouredBarbet - CrestedBatis - ChinspotBeeeater - EuropeanBishop - RedBokmakirieBoubou - SouthernBulbul - Dark-capped (Black Eyed)Bunting - Cinamon Breasted (Rock)Bunting - Golden-breastedBunting - Lark-likeBuzzard - HoneyBuzzard - SteppeCanary - BlackthroatedCanary - Yellow-fronted (Yelloweyed)Chat - FamiliarChat - MockingChat - MountainChat - StoneCisticola - CloudCisticola - DesertCisticola - Wing-snapping (Ayres)Cisticola - Zitting (Fantailed)Comorant - ReedComorant - White-breastedCoot - RedknobbedCoucal - Burchell'sCourser - Bronze-wingedCourser - Temmink'sCrake - Black

Birds C–F

Crane - BlueCrombec - Long-billedCrow - PiedCuckoo - BlackCuckoo - DiederickCuckoo - JacobinCuckoo - Red-chestedDarter - AfricanDove (Pigeon) - Rock (Feral)Dove - Cape TurtleDove - LaughingDove - NamaquaDove - Red EyedDuck - African BlackDuck - White-facedDuck - YellowbilledEagle - FishEagle - Verreaux's (Black)Egret - CattleEgret - LittleFalcon (Kestrel) - Amur (Eastern Redfoot)Finch - Cut-throatFinch - Red-headedFirefinch - AfricanFirefinch - Jameson'sFiscal (Shrike) - CommonFlycatcher - African ParadiseFlycatcher - FairyFlycatcher - FiscalFlycatcher - SpottedFrancolin - CoquiFrancolin - Orange River

Birds F–K

Francolin - Red WingedFrancolin - Swainson'sGo-away-bird (Lourie) - GreyGoose - EgyptianGoose - SpurwingedGoshawk - Little BandedGrass-Owl - African (Grass Owl)Grassbird - CapeGrebe - Little (Dabchick)Greenshank - CommonGuinea Fowl - HelmettedHamerkopHawk - CuckooHelmetshrike - WhiteHeron - BlackheadedHeron - GoliathHeron - Green-backedHeron - GreyHeron - PurpleHeron - SquaccoHobby - EurasianHoopoe - AfricanHornbill - GreyHornbill - Yellowbilled SouthernIbis - GlossyIbis - HadedaIbis - SacredIndigibird (Widowfinch) - PurpleIndigobird (Widowfinch) - Dusky (Black)Kestrel - GreaterKingfisher - Brownhooded

Birds K–P

Kingfisher - GiantKingfisher - Half-collaredKingfisher - MalachiteKingfisher - PiedKingfisher - WoodlandsKite - Black ShoulderedKite - YellowbilledKorhaan - Barrow'sKorhaan - Nothern Black (Whitequilled)Lapwing (Plover) - BlacksmithLapwing (Plover) - CrownedLapwing (Plover) - WattledLark - DuskyLark - Rufous-napedLongclaw - Cape (Orange Throated)Mannikin - BronzeMousebird - RedfacedMousebird - SpeckledMyna - IndianNeddickyNightjar - EurasianNightjar - FieryneckedNightjar - FreckledNightjar - Rufous-CheekedOriole - Black-headedOwl - BarnOwl - MarshOwl - Spotted EaglePigeon - Speckled (Rock)Pipit - Grassveld

Birds P–S

Pipit - StripedPlover - Three BandedPrinia - Black-chestedQuailfinch - AfricanQuelea - Red-BilledRobin-chat - CapeRoller - EauropeanRoller - Lilac-breastedRoller - PurpleSecretarybirdSeedeater (Canary) - Streaky-headedShrike - CrimsonbreastedShrike - Lesser GreyShrike - Magpie (Long-tailed)Shrike - Red-backedSnake-Eagle - Black-chested (Black-breasted)Snipe - African (Ethiopian)Sparrow - CapeSparrow - GreyheadedSparrow - HouseSparrow-Weaver - White-BrowedSparrowhawk - BlackSparrowhawk - Little xx-Sparrowhawk - OvamboSpoonbillStarling - GlossyStarling - PiedStarling - Plum-colouredStarling - Red-winged

Birds S–W

Stonechat - AfricanStork - WhiteSunbird - BlackSunbird - White-belliedSwallow - Barn (European)Swallow - Greater StripedSwallow - White-throatedSwift - HorusSwift - WhiterumpedTchagra - Black CrownedThickknee (Dikkop) - SpottedThrush - GroundscraperThrush - Karoo (Olive split)Tit-Flycatcher - GreyTitbabler - Chestnut-ventedVulture - CapeWagtail - African PiedWagtail - CapeWaxbill - BlueWaxbill - CommonWaxbill - Orange BreastedWeaver - CapeWeaver - MaskedWhite-eye - CapeWidowbird - Long-tailedWidowbird - Red-collaredWidowbird - White-wingedWood-Dove - Emerald-spottedWood-hoopoe - Green (Redbilled)Woodpecker - CardinalWryneck - RedthroatedWydah - Pin-Tailed

Reptiles

Snakes, lizards, geckos, terrapins and tortoises recorded on the farm.

Harmless Snakes

African Rock Python - Python NatelensisAurora House Snake - Lamphrophis AuroraBlack File Snake - Mehelya NyasseBlack Headed Centipede Eater - Aparalactus CapenisisBrown House Snake - Lamprophis CapensisCommon Blind Snake - Typhlops BibronniiCommon Slug Eater - Duberria LutrixCommon Water Snake - Lycodonomorphus RufulusCommon Wolf Snake - Lycophidion CapenseCrossed Whip Snake - Psammophis CruciferGreen Water Snake - Philothamnus HoplogasterHarlequin Snake - Homoroselaps Lacteus (Near Threatened)Mole Snake - Pseudaspis CanaOlive Grass Snake - Psammophis MossambicusOlive House Snake - Lamprophis InornatusRed Lipped Herald Snake - Crotaphopeltis HotamboeiaRhombic Egg Eater - Dasypeltis ScabaraSouthern File Snake - Mehelya CapensisSpotted Bush Snake - Philothamnus SemivariegatusSpotted Skaapsteker - Psammaphylax RhombeatusStriped Skaapsteker - Psammaphylax TritaeniatusSundevalls Shovel Snout - Prosymna SundevalliWorm Snake - Leptotyphlops Scutifrons

Venomous Snakes

Boomslang - Dispholidus TypusCommon Night Adder - Causrus RhombeatusHighveld Garter Snake - Elapsoidea Sundevalli MediaMozambique Spitting Cobra - Naja MossambicaPuff Adder - Bitis ArietansRinkals - Hemachatus HaemachatusSnouted Cobra - Naja AnnuliferaSouthern Stiletto Snake - Atractaspis Bivronni

Lizards

Agama - Agama AtraBurrowing SkinkCape Skink - Trachypeltis CapensisCommon Rough Scaled Lizard - Ichnotropis SquamulosaFlap Neck Chameleon - Chameleo DilepisGirdled LizardMontane Speckled Skink - Trachypeltis PunctatissimaRock Monitor - Varanus AlbigularisSand Lizard -Pedioplanis LaticepsSnake Eyed Lizard - Panaspis MaculicollisVariable Skink - Trachypeltis VariaVariegated Skink - Trachypeltis VariegattaWater Monitor - Varanus NiloticusYellow Throated Plated Lizard - Gerrhosaurus

Geckos

Cape Dwarf Gecko - Lygodactylus CapensisTransvaal Gecko - Pachydactylus Affinus

Terrapins

Pelomedusa Subrufa

Tortoises

Leopard Tortoise - Stigmochelys PardalisLobatse Hinged Tortoise - Kinixys Lobatsiana

Plants

Trees, shrubs, veld flowers, grasses, exotic trees and parasitic plants recorded on Letamo Game Farm.

Trees and Shrubs

Currant Resin Tree — Ozoroa Paniculosa · Anacardiaceae · KorenteharpuisboomNana-Berry — Rhus Dentata · Anacardiaceae · NanabessieKaree — Rhus Lancea · Anacardiaceae · KareeMountain Karee — Rhus Leptodictya · Anacardiaceae · BergkareeCommon Wild Currant — Rhus Pyroides · Anacardiaceae · Gewone TaaibosMountain Cabbage Tree — Cussonia Paniculata · Araliaceae · KiepersolFalse Olive — Buddleja Saligna · Buddlejaceae · WitolienhoutSagewood — Buddleja Salviifolia · Buddlejaceae · SaliehoutCommon Spike-Thorn — Gymnosporia Buxifloia · Celastraceae · Gewone PendoringRiver Bushwillow — Combretum Erythrophyllum · Combretaceae · VaderlandswilgVelvet Bushwillow — Combretum Molle · Combretaceae · FluweelboswilgBluebush — Diospyros Lyciodes · Ebenacear · BloubosPuzzlebush — Ehretia Rigida · Ehretiaceae · DeurmekaarbosWild Peach — Kiggelaria Africana · Flacourtiaceae · Wilde PerskeCommon Hook Thorn — Acacia Caffra · Mimosaceae · Gewone HaakdoringSweet Thorn — Acacia Karoo · Mimosaceae · SoetdoringBrak Thorn/Ankle Thorn — Acacia Robusta · Mimosaceae · Brakdoring/EnkeldoringWild Olive — Olea Europaea Subsp Africana · Olacceae · OlienhoutDog Wood — Rhamnus Prinoides · Rhamnaceae · BlinkblaarBuffalo-Thorn — Ziziphus Mucronata · Rhamnaceae · Blinkblaar Wag-'n-BietjieOldwood — Leucosideae Sericea · Rosaceae · OuhoutSmall Knobwood — Zanthoxywm Capense · Rutaceae · PerdepramJacket-Plumb — Pappea Capensis · Sapindaceae · DoppruimCommon Wild Pear — Dombeya Rotundifolia · Sterculiaceae · DrolpeerWhite Stinkwood — Celtis Apricana · Iji.Maceae · OuhoutBushman's Grape — Rhoicissus Tridentata · Vitaceae · Boesmansdruif

Veld Flowers and Shrubs

Milkweed — Aclepia Fruticosa · AsclepiadaceaeBankrupt Bush — Asteraceae · StoebevagarisWild Scabious — Scabiosa Columbaria · ElatinaceaeCopper Leaf — Acalyphia Angustata · EuphorbiaceaeDwarf Buffalo-Thorn — Ziziphus Zeyiieriana · RhamnaceaeFlat On Ground Redleaf — Hermannia Dipressa · Sterculiaceae · Rooi Opslag

Grasses

Snowflake Grass — Andropogon Eucomus · KleinwitbaardgrasTassel Three Lawn — Aristida Congesta · KatstertsteekgrasGiant Three Lawn — Aristida Meridionalis · LangbeensteekgrasVelvet Signal Grass — Brachiaria Serata · FluweelsinjaalgrasRescue Grass — Bromus Catharticus · ReddingsgrasNarrow-Leaved Terpentine Grass — Cymbopogon Plurincodes · SmalblaarterpentyngrasCouch Grass — Cynodon Dactylon · KweekBroad Leaved Bluestem — Diheteropogon Amplectens · BreeblaarblougrasWire Grass — Elionurus Muticus · KoperdraadHeart Seed Love Grass — Eragrostis · HartjiegrasWeeping Love Grass — Eragrostis Curvula · OulandsgrasWether Love Grass — Eragrostis Nindensis · HamelgrasNarrow Heart Love Grass — Eragrostis Racemosa · SmalhartjiesgrasSawtooth Love Grass — Eragrostis Superba · WeeluisgrasSpear Grass — Heteropogon Contortus · AssegaaiCommon Thatching Grass — Hyparrhenia Hirta · DekgrasBristle-Leaved Red Top — Melinis Nerviglumis · SteekblaarblinkgrasNatal Red Top — Melinis Repens · Natal-RooipluimKikuyu — Pennisetum Clandestinum · KikoejoeRed Autumn Grass — Schizachyrium Sanguineum · RooiherfsgrasBlack Seed Bristle Grass — Setaria Nigrirostris · SwartsaadmannagrasCommon Bristle Grass — Setaria Spiacelata · GewonemannagrasRooigrass — Themeda Triandra · RooigrasGiant Spear Grass — Trachypogon Spicatus · BokbaardgrasCommon Carrot-Seed Grass — Tragus Berteronianus · Gewone WortelsaadgrasBushveld Signal Grass — Urochloa Mosambicensis · Bosveldbeesgras

Exotic Trees

Black Wattle — Acacia Mearnsii · Mimosaceae · SwartwattelRiver Red Gum — Eucalyptus Camadulensis · Myrtaceae · RooibloekomPear — MyrtaceaeGrey Poplar — Populus Capenscens · Salicaceae · GryspopulierWeeping Willow — Salix Babilonica · Salicaceae · TreurwilgerYellow Firethorn — Pyracantha Angustifolia · Rosaceae · Geelbranddoring

Parasitic Plants

Mistletoe — Viscum Rotundifolium · Viscaceae