sugarbirds
promeropidae latin

The relationships of the sugarbirds have been the source of considerable debate.

Recent molecular studies have suggested that the two species are part of a clade that includes the sugarbirds.

The sugarbirds make up a small family, Promeropidae, of passerine birds which are restricted to southern Africa.

Sugarbirds are dependent on Protea and are found in protea scrub.

Birdlife includes louries, sunbirds, sugarbirds, blue cranes and swallows.

Promeropidae: sugarbirds.

Sugarbirds are monogamous, and male sugarbirds defend territories during the breeding season.

Basal Passerida with no known relatives, perhaps somewhat closer to Promeropidae (sugarbirds)

Ashore, there are two species of hummingbirds and bananaquits, known locally as sugarbirds, plus egrets and lizards.

When flowering, however, proteas and ericas attract sunbirds, sugarbirds, and other species in search of nectar.

The skull and tongue morphology of the sugarbirds is very similar to that of the honeyeaters, the result of convergent evolution.

L. deswardti - Sugarbirds (Promeropidae species)

The wildlife includes a number of endemic bees, beetles, horseflies and ants, and birds such as Cape Sugarbirds and the Orange-breasted Sunbird.

You might be lucky enough to spot a disa orchid or indigenous frog, or you can just admire the sunbirds and sugarbirds dipping their long beaks into nectar-rich blooms.

Studies of the diets of sugarbirds found that bees in the family Apidae and flies formed a large part of the diet and that the insects were obtained by hawking.

In different continents, different groups of birds are nectarivorous - largely hummingbirds in the New World, sunbirds and sugarbirds in Africa and honey eaters in Australasia.

Because of their large inflorescences, the Proteaceae are highly attractive to both a large variety of insects, their attendant predators such as birds and lizards, and nectarivorous birds such as sugarbirds, sunbirds and honeyeaters.

The sugarbirds make up a small family, Promeropidae, of passerine birds which are restricted to southern Africa.

Promeropidae: sugarbirds.

Basal Passerida with no known relatives, perhaps somewhat closer to Promeropidae (sugarbirds)

The Gurney's Sugarbird (Promerops gurneyi) is a species of bird in the Promeropidae family.

L. deswardti - Sugarbirds (Promeropidae species)