Deleornis is a genus of Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

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Sunbird

The sunbirds and spiderhunters are a family, Nectariniidae, of very small passerine birds. There are 132 species in 15 genera. The family is distributed throughout Africa, southern Asia and just reaches northern Australia. Most sunbirds feed largely on nectar, but also take insects and spiders,...

s. Its members are sometimes included in Anthreptes

Anthreptes

Anthreptes is a genus of birds in the sunbird family, Nectariniidae. It usually contains the following species:* Plain-backed Sunbird, Anthreptes reichenowi* Anchieta's Sunbird, Anthreptes anchietae* Plain Sunbird, Anthreptes simplex...

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Its members are:

• Fraser's Sunbird, Deleornis fraseri
• Grey-headed Sunbird
  Grey-headed Sunbird
  The Grey-headed Sunbird, Anthreptes axillaris, is a small passerine bird which breeds in mixed forest in Zaire, Uganda and Tanzania.This sunbird is often treated as a subspecies of Scarlet-tufted Sunbird, Anthreptes fraseri, but is not known to intergrade. Both taxa are often placed in Deleornis....
  
  , Deleornis axillaris

Grey-headed Sunbird is sometimes considered to be a subspecies of Scarlet-tufted Sunbird.

The sunbirds are a group of very small Old World

Old World

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Passerine

A passerine is a bird of the order Passeriformes, which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds or, less accurately, as songbirds, the passerines form one of the most diverse terrestrial vertebrate orders: with over 5,000 identified species, it has roughly...

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Bird

Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...

s which feed largely on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. Flight is fast and direct on their short wings. Most species can take nectar by hovering like a hummingbird, but usually perch to feed most of the time.

Category:Nectariniidae