The white-browed crombec (''Sylvietta leucophrys'') 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. The enigmatic

Chapin's crombec Chapin's crombec (''Sylvietta leucophrys chapini'') is an enigmatic African warbler, formerly placed in the family Sylviidae. It is currently considered a subspecies of the white-browed crombec, but might be a distinct species In biology, a ...

might be a distinct species, or a

subspecies In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...

''Sylvietta leucophrys chapini'' of the present species. The white-browed crombec 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 ...

, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya,

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 ...

, Tanzania, and Uganda.

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white-browed crombec Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa Birds of East Africa white-browed crombec Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Macrosphenidae-stub