Northern Crombec
Sylvietta brachyura
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMacrosphenidae (African Warblers)
- GenusSylvietta (Crombecs)
- SpeciesSylvietta brachyura (Northern Crombec)
The northern crombec (Sylvietta brachyura) is a species of African warbler, formerly placed in the family Sylviidae. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is dry savanna. Wikipedia →
<5% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Crombec sighting in Serengeti National Park, based on 5 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Serengeti National Park
Red-faced Crombec
Sylvietta whytii
Moustached Grass-Warbler
Melocichla mentalis
Superb Starling
Lamprotornis superbus
Rüppell's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis purpuroptera
Grey-backed Fiscal
Lanius excubitoroides
Northern White-crowned Shrike
Eurocephalus ruppelli
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
Hildebrandt's Starling
Lamprotornis hildebrandti
Rattling Cisticola
Cisticola chiniana
Wattled Starling
Creatophora cinerea
Silverbird
Empidornis semipartitus
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Macronyx croceus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ 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
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Meru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Samburu National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 4 | Awash National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 5 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 6 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 7 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 8 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 9 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 10 | Amboseli National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 11 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 12 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 13 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 14 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 15 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 16 | Lake Manyara National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 17 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 18 | Arusha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 19 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Northern Crombec in Serengeti National Park?
About 0% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Crombec sighting in Serengeti National Park, based on 5 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Northern Crombec in Serengeti National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Northern Crombec in Serengeti National Park in our monthly data.