| Cape sugarbird | |
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| Male in South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Promeropidae |
| Genus: | Promerops |
| Species: | P. cafer
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| Binomial name | |
| Promerops cafer | |
| Synonyms | |
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Merops cafer Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Promerops cafer". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22717447A94532363. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22717447A94532363.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Note: the name "cafer" is Modern Latin for Caffer, an adjective meaning South African, or of South Africa (Caffraria).
Aasheesh Pittie. "A dictionary of scientific bird names originating from the Indian region". Retrieved 11 September 2015. - ^ Wright D.R, Lee A.T.K. 2017. Bird -friendly Habitat Management Guidelines for the endemic birds of the Fynbos Biome. Johannesburg, South Africa: BirdLife South Africa.