White-browed Crombec - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by Mike Barth
Gatamaiyu Forest, Kenya, June 2012

Includes Chapin's Crombec

Sylvietta leucophrys

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.

Distribution

Africa
Western Africa: Democratic Republic of Congo
Eastern Africa: Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Sylvietta leucophrys has three subspecies^[1]:

• 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)

Habitat

Montane forest.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2023) White-browed Crombec. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 1 April 2023 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/White-browed_Crombec

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