Gurney's Sugarbird

The Gurney's Sugarbird is a species of bird in the Promeropidae family. It is found in Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, and Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation.

The Gurney's Sugarbird is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Gurney's Sugarbird (Promerops gurneyi) is a species of bird in the Promeropidae family. It is found in Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, and Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation. References - Search Wikimedia Commons Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Promerops gurneyi * BirdLife International 2004. Promerops gurneyi. More

The Gurney's Sugarbird is found from Zimbabwe southwards, except the extreme south of South Africa, where it is replaced by the Cape Sugarbird in the Cape provinces of South Africa. It has at times been considered conspecific with Gurney's. The distribution of the Gurney's Sugarbird is disjunct, and currently there are two accepted subspecies, one in the north and one further south. Sugarbirds are dependent on Protea and are found in protea scrub. More

Gurney's Sugarbird Promerops gurneyi in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, South Africa? = * Contributors Contributors * Widgets & Gadgets Widgets & Gadgets * Dictionary Dictionary * Thesaurus Thesaurus * Related Products Related Products * Workspace Workspace No results found. More

The Gurney's Sugarbird is a Southern African bird that belongs to the Promeropidae bird family group which includes birds such as Sugarbirds. The Gurney's Sugarbird is known in Afrikaans as Rooiborssuikervoel The Gurney's Sugarbird is Endemic to the Southern African Region which means that this bird is only found in this region and nowhere else in the world. The Gurney's Sugarbird has a height of 29 cms and weighs around 23 gms. More

Gurney's Sugarbird, South Africa, Sani Pass August 2007 © Benjamin Schwartz - Tropical Birding Tropical Birding Send this as a postcard Gurney's Sugarbird - Gurney's Sugarbird, South Africa, Sani Pass October 2008 © Simon Harrap A beautiful bird and an endemic family. Read the full report at Birdquest.co. More

* Gurney's Sugarbird/Sam Woods Seen feeding on a protea in the late afternoon. More

For the purposes of our bird news services, Gurney's Sugarbird is classed as Ungraded: species which are unlikely to appear as wild birds in Britain or Ireland hide section Most recent photos of Gurney's Sugarbird (3) Sani Pass, South Africa Sani Pass, South Africa17/10/2008 Sani Pass, South Africa 17/10/2008 Sani Pass, South Africa Sani Pass, South Africa17/10/2008 Sani Pass, South Africa 17/10/2008 Sani Pass, South Africa Sani Pass, South Africa17/10/2008 Sani Pass, South Africa More

Gurney's Sugarbird Promerops gurneyi in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, South Africa? = Authors: Potgieter, David; Brown, Mark; Downs, Colleen T. Source: Ostrich - Journal of African Ornithology, Volume 79, Number 1, April 2008 , pp. 61-66(6) Publisher: NISC Pty Ltd Purchase options The full text electronic article is available for purchase. You will be able to download the full text electronic article after payment. $15. More

Cape nor Gurney's Sugarbird is classified as threatened in any way (The Eskom Red Data Book of Birds of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland), but further than that, no population statistics are available. Dr Terry Oatley, an expert in avian demography, points out that data recorded in The Atlas of Southern African Birds do have the potential to give a medium-term indication of sugarbird population trends, if not actual numbers. More

Most like: They are similar to Gurney's sugarbird, which have a bold rufous breast and cap. Habitat: The Cape sugarbirds live in fynbos with proteas, in the winter-rainfall area of the Cape. More