Grey-headed Sunbird (Deleornis axillaris) | Photos, Calls and ID

Least ConcernRareInvertebratesForestTiny · 11 g

Grey-headed Sunbird (Deleornis axillaris), photo 1 — Photo: Tommy Andriollo · CC BY 4.0

About the Grey-headed Sunbird

The grey-headed sunbird is a small passerine bird which breeds in mixed forest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Uganda.

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Where it lives

Regular rangeRare visitor

Uganda Congo - Kinshasa

Recorded as a rare visitor in Tanzania, Nigeria.

When to see it

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Peak activity in July · a variable species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Fraser's SunbirdDeleornis fraseriFraser's sunbird or the scarlet-tufted sunbird, is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae.

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