Red-faced crombec
| Red-faced crombec | |
|---|---|
| |
Song recorded in Kongelai, Kenya | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Macrosphenidae |
| Genus: | Sylvietta |
| Species: | S. whytii
|
| Binomial name | |
| Sylvietta whytii Shelley, 1894
| |
| |
specimen at Nairobi National Museum
The red-faced crombec (Sylvietta whytii) is a species of African warbler, formerly placed in the family Sylviidae. It is found in Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.[2]
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Sylvietta whytii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22715131A94441439. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22715131A94441439.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ https://ebird.org/species/refcro1
External links[]
- Red-faced crombec - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Sylvietta
- Birds of East Africa
- Birds described in 1894
- Taxa named by George Ernest Shelley
- Macrosphenidae stubs