Cape Sugarbird
Promerops cafer (Linnaeus, C 1758)
| Species name | Recordist | Date | Location | Remarks | Cat.nr. |
| Cape Sugarbird - Promerops cafer | Bram Piot | 2016-11-12 | Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, Cape Town, Western Cape, Western Cape (South Africa) (130 m) | song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
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342517 xeno-canto.org |
| Cape Sugarbird - Promerops cafer | African Bioacoustics Community | 2025-10-16 | City of Cape Town (near Cape Town), City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, Western Cape, Wynberg (South Africa) (130 m) | - 250Hz high pass filter, -3dB normalised, audio split. Recordist - E.H. Bras
|
1049305 xeno-canto.org |
| Cape Sugarbird - Promerops cafer | Frank Lambert | 2019-10-17 | Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, Cape Town, Western Cape, Wynberg (South Africa) (130 m) | adult, call, male, song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
509764 xeno-canto.org |
| Cape Sugarbird - Promerops cafer | Faansie Peacock | 2017-07-01 | Clanwilliam, Cederberg, Western Cape, Western Cape (South Africa) (800 m) | call, wing flapping - Various parties of sugarbirds calling in the pre-dawn mist. Fluttering around with loud wingbeats and calling aggressively in response to playback, while flitting from protea to protea. bird-seen:yes playback-used:yes
|
382964 xeno-canto.org |
| Cape Sugarbird - Promerops cafer | JJSUN | 2026-01-13 | City of Cape Town (near Cape Town), City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, Western Cape, Simon Town (South Africa) (30 m) | call - [sono] | 1072473 xeno-canto.org |
| Cape Sugarbird - Promerops cafer | African Bioacoustics Community | 2025-10-15 | City of Cape Town (near Cape Town), City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, Western Cape, Wynberg (South Africa) (180 m) | - 250Hz high pass filters, -3dB normalised, recordings combined. Recordist - A.Karamitsos
|
1049290 xeno-canto.org |
| Cape Sugarbird - Promerops cafer | Walter Wallner | 2026-03-28 | Theewaterskloof Local Municipality (near Genadendal), Overberg District Municipality, Western Cape, Caledon (South Africa) (260 m) | song - [sono] | 1152441 xeno-canto.org |
| Cape Sugarbird - Promerops cafer | Frank Lambert | 2019-10-17 | Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, Cape Town, Western Cape, Wynberg (South Africa) (130 m) | adult, call, male, song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
509766 xeno-canto.org |
| Cape Sugarbird - Promerops cafer | Peter Boesman | 2017-10-02 | Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, Cape Town, Western Cape, Western Cape (South Africa) | song - [sono] | 392659 xeno-canto.org |
| Cape Sugarbird - Promerops cafer | Frank Lambert | 2019-10-17 | Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, Cape Town, Western Cape, Wynberg (South Africa) (130 m) | adult, male, song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
509768 xeno-canto.org |
| Cape Sugarbird - Promerops cafer | Peter Boesman | 2017-09-17 | Paarl Mountain area, Paarl, Western Cape, Western Cape (South Africa) | song - [sono] | 392658 xeno-canto.org |
| Cape Sugarbird - Promerops cafer | African Bioacoustics Community | 2025-10-05 | City of Cape Town (near Cape Town), City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, Western Cape, Wynberg (South Africa) (200 m) | - -3dB normalised, audio split, recordings combined. Recordist - A.Karamitsos
|
1046128 xeno-canto.org |
| Cape Sugarbird - Promerops cafer | JJSUN | 2026-01-13 | City of Cape Town (near Cape Town), City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, Western Cape, Simon Town (South Africa) (20 m) | duet - [sono] | 1072474 xeno-canto.org |
| Cape Sugarbird - Promerops cafer | African Bioacoustics Community | 2025-11-11 | City of Cape Town (near Cape Town), City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, Western Cape, Wynberg (South Africa) (180 m) | - 250Hz high pass filter, -3dB normalised, recordings combined. Focus on one individual but there were others nearby. Different call types heard. Recordist - A.Karamitsos
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1056256 xeno-canto.org |
| Cape Sugarbird - Promerops cafer | Bram Piot | 2016-11-12 | Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, Cape Town, Western Cape, Western Cape (South Africa) (130 m) | call - Female calling shortly after landing in the bush where a male was singing bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
342516 xeno-canto.org |
| Cape Sugarbird - Promerops cafer | African Bioacoustics Community | 2025-10-05 | City of Cape Town (near Cape Town), City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, Western Cape, Wynberg (South Africa) (180 m) | - 150Hz high pass filter, -3dB normalised. Recordist - A.Karamitsos
|
1046169 xeno-canto.org |
| Cape Sugarbird - Promerops cafer | African Bioacoustics Community | 2025-11-11 | , Western Cape (South Africa) | - | 645381232 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Cape Sugarbird - Promerops cafer | Frank Lambert | 2019-10-17 | Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, Cape Town, Western Cape, Wynberg (South Africa) (130 m) | adult, call, male, song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
509767 xeno-canto.org |
| Cape Sugarbird - Promerops cafer | African Bioacoustics Community | 2025-11-19 | City of Cape Town (near Cape Town), City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, Western Cape, Wynberg (South Africa) (190 m) | - 250Hz HP, -3dB normalised. Recordist - A.Karamitsos Lawn mower/grass cuter in background
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1059647 xeno-canto.org |
| Cape Sugarbird - Promerops cafer | Peter Boesman | 2017-10-02 | Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, Cape Town, Western Cape, Western Cape (South Africa) | song - [sono] | 392660 xeno-canto.org |
| Cape Sugarbird - Promerops cafer | Lynette Rudman | 2019-09-28 | Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, Albany (South Africa) (650 m) | song - A male bird was singing from the top of a wild pomegranate bush (Burchellia bubalina) on a hot morning in spring. This bird was doing a lot of chips and chirps in between the song phrases. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
500077 xeno-canto.org |
| Cape Sugarbird - Promerops cafer | Peter Boesman | 2017-10-02 | Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, Cape Town, Western Cape, Western Cape (South Africa) | song - [sono] | 392662 xeno-canto.org |
| Cape Sugarbird - Promerops cafer | African Bioacoustics Community | 2025-11-19 | City of Cape Town (near Cape Town), City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, Western Cape, Wynberg (South Africa) (170 m) | - -3dB normalised, audio split. Recordist - A.Karamitsos
|
1059614 xeno-canto.org |
| Cape Sugarbird - Promerops cafer | African Bioacoustics Community | 2025-10-20 | , Western Cape (South Africa) | - | 644255991 macaulaylibrary.org |
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