Grey-headed sunbird

The grey-headed sunbird (Deleornis axillaris) is a small passerine bird which breeds in mixed forest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Uganda.

Grey-headed sunbird
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Nectariniidae
Genus: Deleornis
Species:
D. axillaris
Binomial name
Deleornis axillaris
(Reichenow, 1893)
Synonyms

Anthreptes axillaris
Anthreptes fraseri axillaris
Deleornis fraseri axillaris

This sunbird is sometimes treated as a subspecies of Fraser's sunbird, Deleornis fraseri, but is not known to intergrade. Both taxa are sometimes placed in Anthreptes.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Deleornis axillaris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2017.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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