Progress with SABAP2 from 2007 to May 2014

1. SABAP2
Southern African Bird Atlas Project 2
Visual progress:
annually July 2007 to July 2013, and
May 2014
Les Underhill and Michael Brooks
Animal Demography Unit
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Cape Town
http://sabap2.adu.org.za

2. 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

11. 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)
Antony Paton BirdPix 7798

12. 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

13. 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
David Kennedy BirdPix 7785

14. 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

15. R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
R6
R7
Green
O2
O3
O1
Revised
priorities for
2014, reset one-
third of the way
through the year

16. R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
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
Robert Tibbit-Eggleton BirdPix 7753

17. 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!
R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
R6
R7
Green
O2
O3
O1
David Kennedy BirdPix 7739