gurney's sugarbird
Promerops gurneyi
Sugarbirds (Promeropidae) · Passeriformes (Passeriformes)
Jogue um quiz com gurney's sugarbird e espécies parecidas
Ver todas as fotos, vídeos e sons
Revisão necessária
O Birdr é um projeto da comunidade, e muitas fotos ainda precisam de um olhar humano. Se você conhece esta ave, pode ajudar revisando as imagens.
Muitas vezes confundido com
Nos quizzes, os jogadores mais confundem gurney's sugarbird com estas aves—ou esta espécie foi escolhida por engano, ou o contrário.
| Espécies | Confusões |
|---|---|
| cape sugarbird Promerops cafer | 5 |
| collared sunbird Hedydipna collaris | 1 |
| purple-banded sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus | 1 |
Família
The sugarbirds are a small genus, Promerops, and family, Promeropidae, of passerine birds, restricted to southern Africa. In general appearance and habits, they resemble large, long-tailed sunbirds or some of the Australian honeyeaters, but are not closely related to the former and are even more distantly related to the latter. They have brownish plumage, the long downcurved bill typical of passerine nectar feeders, and long tail feathers.
Ordem
A passerine () is any bird of the order Passeriformes (; from Latin passer 'sparrow' and formis '-shaped'), which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds, passerines generally have an anisodactyl arrangement of their toes (three pointing forward and one back), which facilitates perching. With more than 140 families and some 6,500 identified species, Passeriformes is the largest order of birds and one of the most diverse clades of terrestrial vertebrates, representing 60% of …