Grey-headed Sunbird (Deleornis axillaris)

Other Scientific Names
Deleornis axillaris

Other Names (World)
Grey-headed Sunbird, Gray-headed Sunbird

Family
Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)

Size
11 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Reichenow, 1893)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 1,550 m.

Range (Guide)

Congo Basin east to southern and eastern Uganda and extreme north-western Tanzania.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2012).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (1)...)

Grey-headed Sunbird (Deleornis axillaris) [XC739637]
by id from Semuliki National Park, Bundibugyo, Western Region, Uganda (call)

Grey-headed Sunbird (Deleornis axillaris) [XC739638]
by Peter Boesman from Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Fraser's Sunbird (Deleornis fraseri) and Grey-headed Sunbird (Deleornis axillaris) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have been lumped intoAnthreptes fraseri following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993).

Sometimes treated as conspecific with Fraser's Sunbird (Deleornis fraseri), but the two meet in south-western DRCongo apparently without intergrading.

References
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