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The Cape sugarbird (Promerops cafer) [2] is one of the eight bird species endemic to the Fynbos biome of the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. [3]
The genus Promerops was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the Cape sugarbird (Promerops cafer) as the type species. [1] [2] The name of the genus combines the Ancient Greek προ pro "close to" or "similar" and the genus Merops that contains the bee-eaters.
Gurney's sugarbird (Promerops gurneyi) is a medium-sized passerine endemic to the mid- and high-altitude grassland velds in southern Africa. [2] It belongs to the family Promeropidae, which contains one genus, Promerops, and two species. [3] Gurney's sugarbird feeds on nectar from Protea bushes as well as on small insects. [3]
The following is a list of bird species endemic or near-endemic to southern Africa (South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and southern Mozambique).
The flowers are fed at by a range of nectarivorous birds, mainly sunbirds and sugarbirds, including the orange-breasted sunbird (Anthobaphes violacea), southern double-collared sunbird (Cinnyris chalybeus), malachite sunbird (Nectarinia famosa), and the Cape sugarbird (Promerops cafer). In order to reach the nectar, the bird must push its bill ...
Fernkloof Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in the Kleinrivier Mountains above Hermanus, Western Cape Province, South Africa.It is 1,800 hectares (6.9 sq mi) [1] in area and its altitude ranges from sea level to 842 metres (2,762 ft).
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Cape Sugarbird (Promerops cafer), the probable main pollinator, on a different species of Protea in Slanghoek Mountain Resort, Western Cape. Flowering occurs in the hot and dry summer, [6] [8] [10] from October to December, with the peak in December, and occasionally as late as February.