Grey-headed Sunbird
Deleornis axillaris(Reichenow, A, 1893)
English (US) Gray-headed Sunbird
UK name: Grey-headed Sunbird
The Grey-headed Sunbird (Deleornis axillaris) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Nectariniidae (Spiderhunters and Sunbirds) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: western Democratic Republic of the Congo eastward through Uganda and far northwestern TanzaniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Deleornis axillaris
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray-headed Sunbird
- English (UK)
- Grey-headed Sunbird
- Described by
- (Reichenow, A, 1893)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Camaroptera axillaris
- Described by
- (Reichenow, A, 1893)
- Type locality
- Uvamba, Semliki Valley.
- Original description
- Ornithologische Monatsberichte 1 p.32
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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