Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)
Northern Crombec (Sylvietta brachyura) - HBW 11, p. 687
French: Crombec sittelle
German: Braunbauchsylvietta
Spanish: Crombec Norteño
Other common names: (Senegal) Crombec, Northern Sylvetta
Taxonomy: Sylvietta brachyura Lafresnaye, 1839, Senegambia.
Forms a superspecies with S. whytii and S. philippae. Race carnapi intergrades with nominate in Sudan. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- brachyura Lafresnaye, 1839 - S Mauritania S to N Sierra Leone, thence E through S Mali and N Ivory Coast to S Niger, Nigeria, N Cameroon, N Central African Republic, S & C Chad, C & NE Sudan and N Eritrea; reaches Guinea coast in E Ghana, Togo and Benin.
- carnapi (Reichenow, 1900) - C Cameroon and Central African Republic (except N), S Sudan, N DRCongo (upper Uele), Uganda and W Kenya (TransNzoia, C Nyanza).
- leucopsis (Reichenow, 1879) - Ethiopia, extreme SE Sudan, Djibouti, N & S Somalia, Kenya (N, E & S of highlands) and NE Tanzania (S to Kilimanjaro and Usambaras).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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one bird preening Locality Kotu Creek, Kotu, Banjul, The Gambia (ssp brachyura)
Daniêl Jimenez 26 December 2011 17 weeks ago 41 sec 4 -
A bird looking around nervously and flying away Locality Mara Serena Lodge, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya (ssp carnapi)
Peter van Dam 28 August 2006 4 years ago 8 sec 4 -
A bird foraging on different branches Locality Jacana Lodge, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (ssp carnapi)
Josep del Hoyo 5 September 2006 5 years ago 33 sec 3.8 -
A bird foraging in a tree Locality Jacana Lodge, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (ssp carnapi)
Josep del Hoyo 5 September 2006 5 years ago 23 sec 3.8 -
Two birds foraging together, one feeding the other. Locality Sof Omar, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp leucopsis)
Josep del Hoyo 3 December 2005 6 years ago 49 sec 3.8 -
A bird repeatedly attacking an African Penduline-Tit Locality Jacana Lodge, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (ssp carnapi)
Josep del Hoyo 5 September 2006 5 years ago 30 sec 3.2
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Ventral view of an adult feeding in the subcanopy.
Locality Makasutu Nature Forest, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp brachyura)
Steve Garvie 10 December 2009 2 years ago 3.7 -
Adult in canopy
Locality Brufut, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp brachyura)
Photo-ay 22 February 2009 2 years ago 2.5
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