Neil Aldridge / Cape sugarbird (Promerops cafer) on Pincushion protea (Leucospermum sp) in the Cape Floral Kingdom, Cape Town, South Africa. Endemic.

Neil Aldridge / Cape sugarbird (Promerops cafer) feeding on a Pincushion protea (Leucospermum sp) in the Cape Floral Kingdom, Cape Town, South Africa. Endemic to the fynbos region of South Africa.

Kevin Schafer / Southern Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris chalybeus) male on Pincushion (Leucospermum sp) protea flower, Kirstenbosch Garden, Cape Town, South Africa

Gerry Ellis / Cape Sugarbird (Promerops cafer) male perching on Protea flowers (Mimetes protea), Kirstenbosch Garden, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Amethyst Sunbird (Amethyst Sunbird) sub-adult male on King Protea (Protea cynaroides) flower, Western Cape, South Africa

Neil Aldridge / Cape sugarbird (Promerops cafer) on a Pincushion protea (Leucospermum sp) in the Cape Floral Kingdom, Cape Town, South Africa. Endemic to the fynbos region of South Africa.

Kevin Schafer / King Protea (Protea cynaroides), Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Kevin Schafer / Southern Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris chalybeus) male at Pincushion (Leucospermum sp) protea flower, Kirstenbosch Garden, Cape Town, South Africa

Martin Willis / Orange-breasted Sunbird (Nectarinia violacea) male perched on an old Protea (Protea sp) flower, Cape Town, South Africa

Martin Willis / Cape Robin-chat (Cossypha caffra) in the rain on a Protea (Protea sp) shrub, Kirstenbosch Garden, Cape Town, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Broadleaf sugarbush (Protea eximia) infected with bacterial parasite (Phtoplasma sp) causing Witch's broom, a growth deformity. Swartberg Mountains, western Cape, South Africa.

Tui De Roy / Malachite Sunbird (Nectarinia famosa) male feeding on Protea (Protea sp) flower, Kenya

Tui De Roy / Malachite Sunbird (Nectarinia famosa) female on Protea (Protea sp) flower, Kenya

Tui De Roy / Malachite Sunbird (Nectarinia famosa) male on Protea (Protea sp) flower, Kenya

Tui De Roy / Malachite Sunbird (Nectarinia famosa) male on Protea (Protea sp) flower, Kenya

Tui De Roy / Malachite Sunbird (Nectarinia famosa) male on Protea (Protea sp) flower, Kenya

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Protea (Protea sp) flower, UCSC Arboretum, Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay, California

Gerry Ellis / Dagger-leaf (Protea mucronifolia) in lowland fynbos, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Malachite Sunbird (Nectarinia famosa) male perching on protea flowers, Helderberg Nature Reserve, South Africa

NEIL NIGHTINGALE / David Attenborough with (Protea sp) plant, Cape Point, South Africa, on location for BBC Private Life of Plants, 1993

Gerry Ellis / Cape Sugarbird (Promerops cafer) male perching on Protea flowers (Mimetes protea), Kirstenbosch Garden, South Africa

Gerry Ellis / King Protea (Protea cynaroides) bract and flower, native to South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Sugarbush flowers {Protea sp} De Hoop NR, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Amethyst Sunbird (Amethyst Sunbird) male on King Protea (Protea cynaroides) flower, Western Cape, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Amethyst Sunbird (Amethyst Sunbird) sub-adult male on King Protea (Protea cynaroides) flower, Western Cape, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Amethyst Sunbird (Amethyst Sunbird) sub-adult male on King Protea (Protea cynaroides) flower, Western Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / King Protea (Protea cynaroides) flower, South Africa

Kevin Schafer / King Protea (Protea cynaroides) flower petals, native to South Africa

Richard Flack / Malachite sunbird (Nectarinia famosa) perched on Protea (Protea sp.) flower, Balgowan, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. Nature's Best "Mkapa African Wildlife Photo Awards" 2021 Highly Honoured - Backyard...

Richard Du Toit / RF - Greater doublecollared sunbird (Nectarinia afra) male perched on Pincushion flower (Leucospermum sp.) in fynbos habitat, Western Cape Province, South Africa. Endemic species to this region. (This...