Red-capped Crombec - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Valéry Schollaert
Mutinondo, Zambia, August 2008

Sylvietta ruficapilla

Identification

Length 10 cm; tail very short.

A crombec with a pale grey back, chestnut ear coverts and a chestnut breast band. The colour of the forehead and crown varies from grey to chestnut.

Distribution

Africa
Western Africa: Gabon, Congo, DRC, Angola
Eastern Africa: South-eastern Tanzania, Zambia, northern Mozambique, Malawi
Southern Africa: North-eastern Namibia

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

• S. r. rufigenis:

• Lower Congo inland to Kasai and south-eastern Gabon

• S. r. schoutedeni:

• Eastern DRC (Lake Tanganyika to Marungu and Mount Kabobo) to south-eastern Gabon

• S. r. gephyra:

• Southern DRC (western Shaba) to Zambia and Zimbabwe

• S. r. chubbi:

• Southern DRC (south-eastern Shaba) to Malawi and northern Mozambique

• S. r. makayii:

• Interior of northern Angola

• S. r. ruficapilla:

• Central Angola to southern DRC (south-western Shaba)

Habitat

Miombo (broad-leafed woodland) canopy.

Behaviour

Small, active birds; they glean invertebrates from branches in canopy.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Sinclair, I and P Ryan. 2003. Birds of Africa South of the Sahara. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691118154
3. BF Member observations

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Red-capped Crombec. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 18 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Red-capped_Crombec

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