SABAP2Southern African Bird Atlas

Project 2Visual progress:

annually July 2007 to July 2013, and May 2014

Les Underhill and Michael Brooks

Animal Demography UnitDepartment of Biological Sciences

University of Cape Townhttp://sabap2.adu.org.za

SABAP2 is a partnership between the Animal Demography Unit at the University of Cape Town, the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) and BirdLife South Africa

1 July 20070 pentads0.00%

26 July 20081798 pentads10.38%

22 July 20094819 pentads27.83%

22 July 20107339 pentads42.38%

22 July 20119247 pentads53.40%

22 July 201210805 pentads62.39%

22 July 201311961 pentads69.07%

16 May 201413005 pentads75.10%

Data volumes are up on last year• On 16 May, we were 135

days into 2014• We have maintained an

average of 50.4 checklists per day so far this year (last year we averaged 47.4)

• SABAP2014 has 427 observers (407 this time last year for SABAP2013)

• 2711 pentads visited so far this year (2432 last year)

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Province/country

Coverage 16 May 2014

Pentads visited

Pentads in region

Coverage end of 2013

Gauteng 100% 270 270 100%KwaZulu-Natal 99.1% 1283 1294 99.1%Mapumalanga 98.2% 997 1015 97.8%Free State 89.3% 1661 1861 88.6%Western Cape 85.9% 1578 1578 85.4%

Limpopo 83.4% 1348 1616 77.0%North West 76.3% 1131 1482 76.2%Swaziland 72.2% 148 205 72.2%Eastern Cape 62.5% 1409 2256 60.4%Northern Cape 35.7% 1814 5087 34.5%

Lesotho 26.0% 108 416 24.0%Total 68.8% 11408 17080 66.0%

Overall coverage in the original SABAP2 region

Coverage in original SABAP2 region• True coverage in the South Africa, Lesotho and

Swaziland is 68.8%, over two-thirds• Magnificent progress in Limpopo from 77.0% to

83.4%; well done especially to BirdLife Polokwane

• Seven of the 11 regions are over 75% coverage

• Northern Cape (35.7% coverage, 3275 pentads to be visited) is top priority

• Eastern Cape (62.5% coverage, 848 pentads remain) is next priority

• Lesotho (26.0%, 308 pentads remain) needs a champion

• 11 pentads remain in KwaZulu-Natal and 18 in Mpumalanga – these last pentads are proving tough challenges

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Priorities for 2014, as set at start of the year

Gaps 1, 2 and 3, and the southern part of Gap 12 have largely been filled

R1R2

R3

R4

R5

R6

R7

Green

O2

O3

O1

Revised priorities for 2014, reset one-third of the way through the year

R1R2

R3

R4R5

R6

R7

Green

O2

O3

O1

Seven RED priorities: R1 Western end of North West; R2 Askham to Union’s End; R3 is the N14 axis from about Kuruman to the coast; R4 southern part of the Northern Cape, R5 Greater Prieska district; R6 is the interior of the Eastern Cape, including the former Transkei; R7 Lesotho

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Three ORANGE priorities – with “mopping up operations” needed: northern Limpopo, central Free State and western Swaziland.And one big GREEN priority. Please aim to deepen coverage across the northern provinces. Let us GREEN the coverage map! Please aim for a minimum of four checklists per pentad!

R1R2

R3

R4R5

R6

R7

Green

O2

O3

O1

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