Red-capped Crombec (Sylvietta ruficapilla)

Other Names (World)
Red-capped Crombec, Red-cheeked Crombec, Red-capped Sylvetta

Family
Macrosphenidae (Crombecs And Allies)

Size
10 cm

First Described (Guide)
Barboza du Bocage, 1877

Habitat
Dry savanna.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania [United Republic of], Zambia.

Vagrant to Zimbabwe.

Unknown to Botswana (B).

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 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (7)...)

Red-capped Crombec (Sylvietta ruficapilla) [XC546567]
by id from Kasanka National Park, Zambia (song)

Red-capped Crombec (Sylvietta ruficapilla) [XC585191]
by Dries Van de Loock from Kasanka National Park, Zambia (song)

Subspecies
The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

rufigenis Reichenow, 1887 - Extreme south-eastern Gabon, PRCongo and south-western DRCongo (east to Kasai).
makayii White, CMN, 1953 - Malanje, in north-central Angola.
ruficapilla Barboza du Bocage, 1877 - Central and eastern Angola east to southern DRCongo (south-western Katanga).
gephyra White, CMN, 1953 - Southern DRCongo (western Katanga east to R Lufira and Kambove) and north-western Zambia (Mwinilunga south to Kalabo and Monkoya).
schoutedeni White, CMN, 1953 - South-eastern DRCongo (from west of L Tanganyika south to Marungu).
chubbi Ogilvie-Grant, 1910 - Extreme south-eastern DRCongo (south-eastern Katanga), Zambia (except north-west, south-west, and valleys of middle Zambezi and Luangwa), western Malawi, and western Mozambique (north-eastern Tete).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Red-capped Crombec (Sylvietta ruficapilla) - 10 files

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