Passeriformes

Sugarbirds (Promeropidae)

HBW 13, p. 486 Learn more about the Handbook of the Birds of the World - Volume 13 on the Lynx Edicions website.

• Medium-sized nectarivores with long, slender decurved bill, strong feet with sharp-clawed medium-sized toes, short rounded wings, very long tail; plumage brown above, more rufous crown and chest, yellow undertail-coverts.
• Southern Africa.
• Mainly fynbos and protea scrub in montane areas.
• 1 genus, 2 species, 3 taxa.
• No species threatened; none extinct since 1600.