Cape Sugarbird Promerops cafer Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (19)
- Monotypic
Dawie de Swardt
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 9, 2013
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 9, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Kaapse Suikervoël |
| Dutch | Kaapse Suikervogel |
| English | Cape Sugarbird |
| English (United States) | Cape Sugarbird |
| French | Promérops du Cap |
| French (French Guiana) | Promérops du Cap |
| German | Kaphonigvogel |
| Icelandic | Sykurfugl |
| Japanese | オナガミツスイ |
| Norwegian | kappsukkerfugl |
| Polish | dudkowiec kafryjski |
| Russian | Капская сахарная птица |
| Serbian | Kapski šećeraš |
| Slovak | medosaj dlhochvostý |
| Spanish | Mielero Abejaruco de El Cabo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Mielero abejaruco de El Cabo |
| Swedish | kapsockerfågel |
| Turkish | Kap Şekerkuşu |
| Ukrainian | Цукролюб буроволий |
Promerops cafer (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Merops cafer
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturae ed.10 1, p.117.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Ethiopia ; restricted to Cap de Bonne Esperance [= Cape of Good Hope] by Brisson, 1760, Ornithologia, 2, p. 462.
Definitions
- PROMEROPS
- promerops
- cafer / caffer / caffra
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Cape Sugarbird