Red-faced Crombec
Sylvietta whytii
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMacrosphenidae (African Warblers)
- GenusSylvietta (Crombecs)
- SpeciesSylvietta whytii (Red-faced Crombec)
The red-faced crombec (Sylvietta whytii) is a species of African warbler, formerly placed in the family Sylviidae. It is found in Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Chobe National Park
Cape Crombec
Sylvietta rufescens
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
Red-billed Oxpecker
Buphagus erythrorhynchus
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Magpie Shrike
Urolestes melanoleucus
Wire-tailed Swallow
Hirundo smithii
Blue-breasted Cordonbleu
Uraeginthus angolensis
Arrow-marked Babbler
Turdoides jardineii
White-browed Robin-Chat
Cossypha heuglini
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Buphagus africanus
African Pied Wagtail
Motacilla aguimp
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Lamprotornis chalybaeus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Red-faced Crombec at Chobe National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there