The red-faced crombec (''Sylvietta whytii'') is a species of
African warbler
The African warblers are a newly erected family Macrosphenidae, of songbirds. Most of the species were formerly placed in the Old World warbler family Sylviidae, although one species, the rockrunner, was placed in the babbler family, Timaliidae. ...
, formerly placed in the
family Sylviidae.
It is found in
Burundi
Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili language, Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French language, French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the ...
,
Ethiopia,
Kenya,
Malawi,
Mozambique,
Namibia,
Rwanda
Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...
,
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
Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterized by vegetation dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbs, and geophytes. Shrubland may either occur naturally or be the result of human activity. It m ...
.
References
External links
* Red-faced crombec
Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds
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Birds of East Africa
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Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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