Gurney's sugarbird
| Gurney's sugarbird | |
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| At Cavern Resort, KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg, South Africa. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Promeropidae |
| Genus: | Promerops |
| Species: | P. gurneyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Promerops gurneyi Verreaux, 1871
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Gurney's sugarbird (Promerops gurneyi) is a species of bird in the family Promeropidae.
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 common name and Latin binomial commemorate the British Banker and amateur ornithologist John Henry Gurney (1819-1890).[2]
References
- ^ BirdLife International. 2017. Promerops gurneyi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T22717443A118924982. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22717443A118924982.en. Downloaded on 01 January 2019.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 153.
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External links
- Gurney's sugarbird - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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