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Birds
Cape sugarbird
Cape sugarbird · Promerops cafer
With its long tail and yellow stripes, the Cape sugarbird is a specialist of fynbos flowers and a true South Africa highlight.
Fact file
- Size
- Males around 44 cm in length including the very long tail feathers, females about 30 cm
- Males and females
- Males with a significantly longer tail and more strongly coloured than females
- Sounds
- Soft twittering, wingbeats audible when taking off
- Diet
- Mainly nectar, occasionally insects
- Offspring
- Two eggs per brood, usually from July to November in a sheltered nest
How to identify Cape sugarbird
Cape sugarbirds have striking plumage in warm brown tones, a long, pointed beak and vivid yellow stripes on the tail feathers. The males in particular have extremely elongated tail feathers that almost look like a narrow ribbon and make it easy to distinguish them from other birds.
The females are a little more understated with their slightly shorter tail feathers and paler colours, but they also show the typical slender silhouette with a straight, slim body. The distinctive small white cheek patch under the eyes is another reliable identifying feature.
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- one place where you can see Cape sugarbird
Where Cape sugarbird live
South Africa
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