Long-billed Crombec

Sylvietta rufescens

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Macrosphenidae
Genus
Sylvietta
eBird Code
capcro1

Vocalizations

Christiaan Viljoen · CC_BY_4_0
Jo Roberts · CC0_1_0
Jo Roberts · CC0_1_0

Subspecies (7)

  • Sylvietta rufescens adelphe

    Democratic Republic of the Congo to Zambia and northern Malawi

  • Sylvietta rufescens ansorgei

    coastal Angola (Benguela to Luanda)

  • Sylvietta rufescens diverga

    central South Africa

  • Sylvietta rufescens flecki

    southern Angola to eastern Namibia, eastern Botswana, southwestern Zambia, and western Zimbabwe

  • Sylvietta rufescens pallida

    southeastern Zambia, southern Malawi, eastern Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and northeastern South Africa

  • Sylvietta rufescens resurga

    eastern South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)

  • Sylvietta rufescens rufescens

    southern Botswana to north-central South Africa

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.