Gurney's sugarbird
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| At Cavern Resort, KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg, South Africa. | |
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| Species: | P. gurneyi
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| Promerops gurneyi Verreaux, 1871
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The 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
- ^ Template:IUCN
- ^ 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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