Red-faced Crombec (Sylvietta whytii)

Other Names (World)
Red-faced Crombec, Red-faced Sylvetta

Family
Macrosphenidae (Crombecs And Allies)

Size
9 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Shelley, 1894)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry shrubland.

Range (Guide)

Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zimbabwe.

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 (66)...)

Red-faced Crombec (Sylvietta whytii) [XC300733]
by Peter Boesman from Simbo resort, Lake Langano, Ethiopia (call, song, call and song)

Red-faced Crombec (Sylvietta whytii) [XC395945]
by James Bradley from Kolol Viewpoint, Tambach Escarpment, Kenya (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Northern Crombec (Sylvietta brachyura) and Philippa's Crombec (Sylvietta philippae).

Proposed subspecies nemorivaga (described from north-western Zimbabwe) considered indistinguishable from nominate.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

loringi Mearns, 1911 - South-western Ethiopia (Addis Ababa south to Yavello and L Abiata), extreme south-eastern Sudan, north-eastern Uganda (Karamoja) and north-western Kenya (southern Turkana south to Kapenguria).
jacksoni Sharpe, 1897 - Southern and eastern Uganda, south-western and central Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, northern and central Tanzania (east to Kilimanjaro and Iringa).
minima Ogilvie-Grant, 1900 - South-eastern Kenya and north-eastern Tanzania (extending inland to Tsavo, Taveta and Morogoro).
whytii (Shelley, 1894) - South-eastern Tanzania, southern Malawi, northern and central Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Red-faced Crombec (Sylvietta whytii) - 10 files

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