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Grey-headed sunbird

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Grey-headed sunbird
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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.

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

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Deleornis axillaris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103792599A104232364. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103792599A104232364.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.