The Somali crombec (''Sylvietta isabellina'') 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
Ethiopia,
Kenya,
Somalia, and
Tanzania.
Its natural
habitat is 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 ...
.
A subspecies ''gaekwari'' described by R.B. Sharpe and named after the
Maharaja of Baroda Sayajirao Gaekwad III is considered to be indistinguishable from the nominate form.
References
Somali crombec
Birds of the Horn of Africa
Somali crombec
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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