Where to see
Hosts have recorded the Cape Sugarbird at stays in or beside Cederberg Wilderness Area, Goukamma Nature Reserve and Anysberg Nature Reserve.
Promerops cafer
Stays that give back
Every stay on the Cape Sugarbird page lists the species its host has recorded on or near the property. A record is a sighting, never a promise.
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Hosts have recorded the Cape Sugarbird at stays in or beside Cederberg Wilderness Area, Goukamma Nature Reserve and Anysberg Nature Reserve.
Species
Promerops cafer
Records
4 698
iNaturalist observations
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A record means a host has seen the Cape Sugarbird on the property or nearby. It is never a guarantee of a sighting.
Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Cape Sugarbird at stays in or beside Cederberg Wilderness Area, Goukamma Nature Reserve, Anysberg Nature Reserve, Gamkaberg Nature Reserve, De Hoop Nature Reserve and Grootvadersbosch Nature Reserve and other reserves. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.
The Cape Sugarbird is most recorded in Western Cape (98% of records), based on 4 698 iNaturalist observations. 75 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Cape Sugarbird on site or nearby.
The Cape Sugarbird is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, these are the best seasons they give. Cederberg Wilderness Area: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct; Goukamma Nature Reserve: year-round, warm Oct-Apr; Anysberg Nature Reserve: Autumn and spring, Mar-May, Sep-Nov; Gamkaberg Nature Reserve: Autumn and spring, Mar-May, Sep-Nov. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.
The Cape sugarbird (Promerops cafer) is one of the six bird species endemic to the Fynbos biome of the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa.