Passeriformes / Macrosphenidae / Sylvietta

Long-billed Crombec

Sylvietta rufescens

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

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

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Christiaan Viljoen · CC_BY_4_0

Jo Roberts · CC0_1_0

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

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

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.