Cape Sugarbird
Promerops cafer(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Cape Sugarbird
The Cape Sugarbird (Promerops cafer) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Promeropidae (Sugarbirds) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: South Africa (mountains of Cape Province)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Promerops cafer
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Cape Sugarbird
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Merops cafer
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- Ethiopia ; restricted to Cap de Bonne Esperance [= Cape of Good Hope] by Brisson, 1760, Ornithologia, 2, p. 462.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.117
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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