Crombec
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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
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It contains the following species:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of African warblers. Formerly placed in the massively paraphyletic Sylviidae
Sylviidae
Sylviidae is a family of passerine birds that was part of an assemblage known as the Old World warblers. The family was formerly a wastebin taxon with over 400 species of bird in over 70 genera. The family was poorly defined with many characteristics shared with other families...
, it is now considered to belong to a newly-recognized family found only in Africa, Macrosphenidae
Macrosphenidae
The African warblers are a newly erected family, Macrosphenidae, of songbirds. Most of the species were formerly placed in the Old World warbler family Sylviidae, although one species, the Rockrunner, was placed in the babbler family Timaliidae...
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It contains the following species:
- Green CrombecGreen CrombecThe Green Crombec is a species of African warbler, formerly placed in the family Sylviidae.It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Mali,...
, Sylvietta virens - Lemon-bellied CrombecLemon-bellied CrombecThe Lemon-bellied Crombec is a species of African warbler, formerly placed in the family Sylviidae.It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria,...
, Sylvietta denti - White-browed CrombecWhite-browed CrombecThe White-browed Crombec is a species of African warbler, formerly placed in the family Sylviidae. The enigmatic Chapin's Crombec might be a distinct species, or a subspecies Sylvietta leucophrys chapini of the present species.The White-browed Crombec is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of...
, Sylvietta leucophrys- Chapin's CrombecChapin's CrombecThe Chapin's Crombec is an enigmatic African warbler, formerly placed in the family Sylviidae. It is currently considered a subspecies of the White-browed Crombec, but might be a distinct species; too little is known about it to determine this now with reasonable certainty.It is found only on the...
, Sylvietta (leucophrys) chapini - possibly extinct (late 20th century?)
- Chapin's Crombec
- Northern CrombecNorthern CrombecThe Northern Crombec is a species of African warbler, formerly placed in the family Sylviidae.It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali,...
, Sylvietta brachyura - Short-billed CrombecShort-billed CrombecPhilippa's Crombec , also known as the Short-billed Crombec, is a species of African warbler, formerly placed in the family Sylviidae. It is found in Ethiopia and Somalia. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.-References:...
, Sylvietta philippae - Red-capped CrombecRed-capped CrombecThe Red-capped Crombec is a species of African warbler, formerly placed in the family Sylviidae.It is found in Angola, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Botswana.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry...
, Sylvietta ruficapilla - Red-faced CrombecRed-faced CrombecThe Red-faced Crombec is a species of African warbler, formerly placed in the family Sylviidae.It is found in Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe....
, Sylvietta whytii - Somali CrombecSomali CrombecThe Somali Crombec is a species of African warbler, formerly placed in the family Sylviidae.It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.-References:...
, Sylvietta isabellina - Cape CrombecCape CrombecThe Cape Crombec or Long-billed Crombec, Sylvietta rufescens, is an African warbler.The Cape Crombec breeds in southern Africa from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and Tanzania southwards to South Africa....
, Sylvietta rufescens