Sugarbirds (Promeropidae)
Cape Sugarbird (Promerops cafer) - HBW 13, p. 496
French: Promérops du Cap
German: Kaphonigfresser
Spanish: Mielero-abejaruco de El Cabo
Other common names: (Cape) Long-tailed Sugarbird
Taxonomy: Merops cafer Linnaeus, 1758, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
Forms a superspecies with P. gurneyi; some evidence of former hybridization between the two in Eastern Cape. Monotypic.
Distribution: S South Africa (Western Cape, SW & S Eastern Cape).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male calling Locality Harold Porter Botanical Gardens, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 10 October 2004 6 years ago 30 sec 4.2 -
A bird feeding on a flower Locality Ceres, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 31 July 2003 4 years ago 21 sec 4.1 -
A male feeding on nectar from a Protea tree and then flying away. Locality Sir Lowry's Pass, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Francesc Capdevila i Torr... 20 October 2000 9 years ago 23 sec 3.8 -
A male and two females on a tree Locality Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Peter Waanders 10 January 2003 7 years ago 55 sec 3.6 -
A female on the top of a Protea and then flying away. Locality Sir Lowry's Pass, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Francesc Capdevila i Torr... 20 October 2000 9 years ago 17 sec 3.6 -
Two females on a Protea, one of which is singing and then flying away. Locality Sir Lowry's Pass, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Francesc Capdevila i Torr... 20 October 2000 9 years ago 12 sec 3.4
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Male resting,blue background is the sea near by
Locality Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Dubi shapiro 26 January 2011 21 weeks ago 4.4 -
A female perched on a protea flowers.
Locality Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Carmelo López 26 November 2010 1 year ago 4 -
Cape Sugarbird perched on Protea flowers.
Locality Paarl, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Regis Nossent 2 November 2011 24 weeks ago 3.8 -
A male perched on a protea flowers.
Locality Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Carmelo López 26 November 2010 1 year ago 3.7 -
Male perched on protea
Locality Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Chris and Megan Perkins 18 March 2009 3 years ago 3.7 -
A male on a Protea bush
Locality Table Mountain National Park, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 27 March 2011 22 weeks ago 3.6
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Flight display and calls of male. 10:35am. Locality De Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape Province, South Africa
(Monotypic species)
Charles Hesse 24 July 2010 1 year ago 4
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