Cape Sugarbird (IMAGE)

University of Tennessee at Knoxville

Cape Sugarbird

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Cape Sugarbird (Promerops afer) perched atop a Protea (also known as a sugarbush) along the coast of the Western Cape, South Africa. Both the sugarbird clade and Protea, their preferred source of nectar, are endemic to southern Africa.

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Daniel Field.

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