Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)
White-browed Crombec (Sylvietta leucophrys) - HBW 11, p. 689
French: Crombec à sourcils blancs
German: Weißbrauensylvietta
Spanish: Crombec Cejiblanco
Other common names: White-browed Sylvetta; Chapin’s Crombec/Sylvetta (chapini)
Taxonomy: Sylviella leucophrys Sharpe, 1891, Mount Elgon, Kenya-Uganda border.
Race chapini, with different facial pattern, sometimes treated as a distinct species. Three subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- chapini Schouteden, 1947 - NE DRCongo (Lendu Plateau).
- chloronota E. J. O. Hartert, 1920 - highlands of E DRCongo (W of L Edward S to S of Baraka, Mt Kabobo), SW Uganda (Kigezi), W Rwanda, W Burundi, and W Tanzania (Mt Mahare).
- leucophrys (Sharpe, 1891) - W Uganda (Kibale Forest, Ruwenzori), Mt Elgon and highlands of W & C Kenya.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Perched on a mossy branch.
Locality Castle Forest Lodge, Mount Kenya National Park, Kenya (ssp leucophrys)
Nick Athanas 28 August 2012 25 weeks ago 4.4 -
Adult perched
Locality Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp chloronota)
Nik Borrow 12 June 2012 50 weeks ago 2.8
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