Cape Crombec

Cape Crombec

Sylvietta rufescens

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Moremi Game Reserve
173 Verified records at Moremi Game Reserve
January Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The long-billed crombec or Cape crombec (Sylvietta rufescens) is an African warbler. The long-billed crombec breeds in southern Africa from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and Tanzania southwards to South Africa. This is a common species in fynbos, open woodland, savannah and dry Acacia scrub. Wikipedia →

10–20% of wildlife watchers report a Cape Crombec sighting in Moremi Game Reserve, based on 173 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

📅 Monthly Probability

20–30
Jan
10–20
Feb
10–20
Mar
5–10
Apr
5–10
May
10–20
Jun
5–10
Jul
10–20
Aug
10–20
Sep
10–20
Oct
10–20
Nov
10–20
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
30–40%
2 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
30–40%
3 Mana Pools National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
20–30%
4 Waterberg Plateau Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
20–30%
5 Lower Zambezi National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
20–30%
6 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
20–30%
7 Liwonde National Park 🇲🇼 Malawi
20–30%
8 Etosha National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
10–20%
9 Pilanesberg National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
10–20%
10 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
10–20%
11 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
10–20%
12 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
5–10%
13 South Luangwa National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
5–10%
14 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana
5–10%
15 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique
5–10%
16 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
5–10%
17 Namib-Naukluft National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
<5%
18 Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
19 Addo Elephant National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
20 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
21 Table Mountain National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Cape Crombec in Moremi Game Reserve?

About 13% of wildlife watchers report a Cape Crombec sighting in Moremi Game Reserve, based on 173 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Cape Crombec in Moremi Game Reserve?

January has the highest sighting rate for Cape Crombec in Moremi Game Reserve in our monthly data.

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