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title: "Kaapse suikervogel"
description: "Promerops cafer — Vogels. The Cape sugarbird (Promerops cafer) is one of the eight bird species endemic to the Fynbos biome of the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/cape-sugarbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Kaapse suikervogel

> Promerops cafer — Vogels. The Cape sugarbird (Promerops cafer) is one of the eight bird species endemic to the Fynbos biome of the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa.

- Scientific name: *Promerops cafer*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 4970
- Wikidata: [Q1002569](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1002569)
- iNaturalist taxon: [13442](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13442)

## Names

- en: Cape Sugarbird
- de: Kaphonigfresser
- es: Mielero abejaruco de El Cabo
- fr: Promérops du Cap
- nl: Kaapse suikervogel
- pt: Papa-açúcar-do-cabo
- pl: Dudkowiec kafryjski

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (4869)

## Summary

The Cape sugarbird (Promerops cafer) is one of the eight bird species endemic to the Fynbos biome of the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_sugarbird

## Photo

![Kaapse suikervogel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cape-sugarbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/261065935

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/cape-sugarbird?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).