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.

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Grey-headed sunbird
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific 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

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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.