Gurney's sugarbird

Gurney's sugarbird (Promerops gurneyi) is a species of bird in the family Promeropidae.

Gurney's sugarbird
At Cavern Resort, KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg, South Africa.

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Promeropidae
Genus: Promerops
Species:
P. gurneyi
Binomial name
Promerops gurneyi
Verreaux, 1871

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
  1. 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.
  2. 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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