
Crombecs
Sylvietta
Sylvietta, the crombecs, is a genus of African warblers. Formerly placed in the massively paraphyletic Sylviidae, it is now considered to belong to a newly recognized family found only in Africa, Macrosphenidae.
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species

Long-billed Crombec
speciesSylvietta rufescens

Northern Crombec
speciesSylvietta brachyura

Red-faced Crombec
speciesSylvietta whytii

Green Crombec
speciesSylvietta virens

Lemon-bellied Crombec
speciesSylvietta denti

White-browed Crombec
speciesSylvietta leucophrys

Red-capped Crombec
speciesSylvietta ruficapilla

Somali Crombec
speciesSylvietta isabellina

Short-billed Crombec
speciesSylvietta philippae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 15244.