Red-capped Crombec

Sylvietta ruficapilla

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Macrosphenidae
Genus
Sylvietta
eBird Code
reccro1

Subspecies (6)

  • Sylvietta ruficapilla chubbi

    southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (southeastern Katanga) to Malawi and northern Mozambique

  • Sylvietta ruficapilla gephyra

    southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (western Katanga) to Zambia and Zimbabwe

  • Sylvietta ruficapilla makayii

    interior of northern Angola

  • Sylvietta ruficapilla ruficapilla

    central Angola to southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (southwestern Katanga)

  • Sylvietta ruficapilla rufigenis

    lower Congo inland to Kasai and southeastern Gabon

  • Sylvietta ruficapilla schoutedeni

    eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (Lake Tanganyika to Marungu and Mount Kabobo) to southeastern Gabon

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.