AUSTRALIA
AVES
Parvipsitta porphyrocephala
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1289564-Parvipsitta-porphyrocephala
Anthochaera carunculata woodwardi
35 cm 105 g
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12622-Anthochaera-carunculata
Anthochaera lunulata
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12621-Anthochaera-lunulata
Manorina flavigula
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12223-Manorina-flavigula
Phylidonyris novaehollandiae longirostris
18 cm
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12632-Phylidonyris-novaehollandiae
Phylidonyris niger gouldii
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12638-Phylidonyris-niger
Gliciphila melanops melanops
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144710-Gliciphila-melanops
Lichmera indistincta indistincta
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12526-Lichmera-indistincta
Acanthorhynchus superciliosus
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12237-Acanthorhynchus-superciliosus
Lichenostomus cratitius
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12164-Lichenostomus-cratitius
Gavicalis virescens virescens
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/370319-Gavicalis-virescens
Melithreptus chloropsis
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/501225-Melithreptus-chloropsis
Zosterops lateralis chloronotus
MAMMALIA
Tarsipes rostratus
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42788-Tarsipes-rostratus
Pseudomys albocinereus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash-grey_mouse
Pseudomys occidentalis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_mouse
Pseudomys shortridgei
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heath_mouse
SOUTHERN AFRICA
AVES
Promerops cafer
female 25-29 cm
'breeds during the winter months from March to August, but occasionally as early as February' (McLachlan and Liversidge 1980)
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13442-Promerops-cafer
Anthobaphes violacea
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/145130-Anthobaphes-violacea
Cinnyris chalybeus chalybeus
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/145157-Cinnyris-chalybeus
Zosterops virens capensis
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/472770-Zosterops-virens
Ploceus capensis
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13801-Ploceus-capensis
Ploceus velatus velatus
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13804-Ploceus-velatus
Pycnonotus capensis
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/14594-Pycnonotus-capensis
MAMMALIA
https://pza.sanbi.org/sites/default/files/info_library/rodents.pdf
https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/AJA00423203_1071
Micaelamys namaquensis
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/851046-Micaelamys-namaquensis
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0254629909002361
Myomyscus verreauxii
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/74689-Myomyscus-verreauxii
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/589130-Leucospermum-prostratum
Acomys subspinosus
Comentarios
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12651-Epthianura-albifrons#cite_note-Matthew-8
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/44570-Rattus-fuscipes
https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/73671-modes-of-pollination-in-mallee-heath-vegetation-fitzgerald-river-national-park-western-australia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaua%CA%BBi_%CA%BB%C5%8D%CA%BB%C5%8D
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3997634/
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/589114-Leucospermum-arenarium
https://esj-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1440-1703.12148
https://morukuru.com/news/discover-the-fynbos-pollinators-in-de-hoop-nature-reserve/
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1442-9993.2008.01925.x
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/589240-Liparia-parva
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274972827_A_new_record_of_rodent_pollination_in_the_holoparasitic_genus_Cytinus
The following species does not occur in the study area:
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43215-Elephantulus-edwardii
https://flex.flinders.edu.au/file/bc7a00c6-44b5-4eec-8cb2-e5460b74ff64/1/Thesis-Myers-2011.pdf
@tonyrebelo @bluehillescape @craigpeter @thebeachcomber
A main nectarivore in mediterranean southern Africa is Promerops cafer (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/239129817 and https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/237834178 and https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/214748029 and https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/202263253).
This bird - characteristic of fynbos (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fynbos) - has no counterpart in mediterranean Australia, despite the extreme adaptive radiation of Meliphagidae (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeyeater) on the island continent.
Promerops cafer can be framed as intermediate in body mass between two meliphagids abundant in kwongan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwongan) in Western Australia, and closely associated with proteas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteaceae).
I refer to Phylidonyris novaehollandiae longirostris and Anthochaera lunulata.
Adult female body mass of Promerops cafer is 32 g (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232673770_Morphological_characteristics_of_Cape_sugarbirds_Promerops_cafer_from_Helderberg_Nature_Reserve).
Adult female body mass of Phylidonyris novaehollandiae longirostris is about 19 g (https://absa.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/New-Holland-Honeyeater.pdf).
Adult female body mass of Anthochaera lunulata is about 52 g (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_wattlebird).
However, even this 'bracketing' fails to account for the intercontinental disparity. This is because the beak is proportionately much longer in the southern African species than in either of the Australian spp.
Promerops cafer:
https://bluehillescape.blogspot.com/2011/10/sugarbirds-are-sweet.html and https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/cape-sugar-bird-van-stadens-reserve-2070575030 and https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/cape-sugar-bird-balancing-on-protea-1547969333
Phylidonyris novaehollandiae:
https://www.birdforum.net/gallery/new-holland-honeyeater.699917/ and https://ebird.org/species/nehhon2 and https://www.absa.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/New-Holland-Honeyeater.pdf and https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/new-holland-honeyeater/
Anthochaera lunulata:
https://wabirdingblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/south-west-endemics-part-3-western.html and https://ebird.org/species/litwat1 and https://rewildperth.com.au/resource/western-thornbill/ and https://birdfact.com/birds/western-wattlebird and https://www.vecteezy.com/photo/25913692-western-wattlebird-in-australia
I have taken Cinnyris afer as absent from the study area (https://www.biodiversityexplorer.info/birds/nectariniidae/cinnyris_afer.htm).
A claim that Phylidonyris novaehollandiae eats honeydew: https://animalia.bio/new-holland-honeyeater?property=98
Hi - I'd agree that historically Agulhas NP would have had a small but specialized nectarivore avifauna, but probably have ranked Orange-breasted Sunbird over Cape Sugarbird in terms of plant species visited and abundance. Then S Double Collared Sunbird and Malachite Sunbird. White-eyes in the thicket zones, Cape Weavers are an interesting one, albeit probably more robbers than pollinators. I've also often wondered if the destructive feeding canaries on Aloes might end up doing some incidental pollinating. Anyway, these are musings on my part rather than evidence any which way.
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