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Sylvietta brachyura

Northern Crombec


Sylvietta brachyura

de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1839

Family: Macrosphenidae
Order: Passeriformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern


Description


The northern crombec (Sylvietta brachyura) is a species of African warbler, formerly placed in the family Sylviidae.
It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda.
Its natural habitat is dry savanna.

Source: Wikipedia, article Sylvietta brachyura. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.





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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
226006228/01/2025UgandaCentral RegionCosta de Lugongo River1Silvina Collado
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Northern Crombec (Sylvietta brachyura) – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 01/10/2026.