Grey-headed Sunbird
Deleornis axillaris (Reichenow, 1893)
Nectariniidae — Sunbirds
Grey-headed Sunbird, Deleornis axillaris, breeds in Africa in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Rwanda, where it is associated with mixed forest. It is a passerine in the sunbird family, Nectariniidae, and was described by Reichenow in 1893. Some authorities have treated it as a subspecies of Fraser’s Sunbird, Deleornis fraseri, though no intergradation is known. It has also been placed in Anthreptes by some classifications.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Nectariniidae — Sunbirds
- Breeding range
- Africa: e DR Congo, Uganda and Rwanda
