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Promerops cafer (Cape Sugarbird)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Cape sugarbird (Promerops cafer) is one of the six bird species endemic to the Fynbos biome of the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
10
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
35
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 19.847
EDGE Score: 3.03721
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  35 grams
Birth Weight [2]  3.8 grams
Female Weight [4]  32 grams
Male Weight [4]  38 grams
Weight Dimorphism [4]  18.8 %
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Nectarivore
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  40 %
Diet - Nectar [3]  60 %
Forages - Aerial [3]  30 %
Forages - Canopy [3]  10 %
Forages - Mid-High [3]  20 %
Forages - Understory [3]  40 %
Clutch Size [6]  2
Clutches / Year [1]  2
Fledging [1]  20 days
Incubation [5]  17 days
Mating Display [2]  Ground and non-acrobatic aerial display
Maximum Longevity [5]  14 years

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Lowland fynbos and renosterveld South Africa Afrotropic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Montane fynbos and renosterveld South Africa Afrotropic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub

Protected Areas

Important Bird Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Cape Floristic Region South Africa Yes

Prey / Diet

Leucospermum conocarpodendron (Grey tree-pincushion)[5]
Protea lepidocarpodendron (black bearded sugarbush)[5]
Protea neriifolia (oleanderleaf protea)[5]
Protea repens[5]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Anthobaphes violacea (Orange-breasted sunbird)2
Crithagra leucoptera (Protea Canary)2

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4Fry, CH, S. Keith, and EK Urban. 2000. The birds of Africa. Volume VI. Academic Press, New York, New York, USA
♦ 5del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 6Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0