From Opus

Includes Chapin's Crombec

Sylvietta leucophrys

[edit] Identification

Length 9 cm; extremely short tail.

Rufous-brown head, greenish wings; underparts light grey (S. l. leucophrys and S. l. chloronota) to pale yellowish grey (S. l. chapini). S. l. leucophrys and S. l. chloronota have a broad white eyebrow.

[edit] Distribution

Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda.

[edit] Taxonomy

Sylvietta leucophrys has three subspecies:

• S. l. leucophrys

• Western Kenya and western Uganda (Kibale Forest and Ruwenzori Mountains)

• S. l. chloronota

• South-western Uganda (Kigezi) to eastern DRC and western Tanzania

• S. l. chapini

• Chapin's Crombec; sometimes split as a separate species
• Lacks the white eyebrow of the other races, and is yellowish below
• Lendu Plateau (eastern DRC)

[edit] Habitat

Montane forest.

[edit] Behaviour

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