Red-faced Crombec
Sylvietta whytii
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMacrosphenidae (African Warblers)
- GenusSylvietta (Crombecs)
- SpeciesSylvietta whytii (Red-faced Crombec)
The red-faced crombec (Sylvietta whytii) is a species of African warbler, formerly placed in the family Sylviidae. It is found in Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, 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. Wikipedia →
10–20% of wildlife watchers report a Red-faced Crombec sighting in Serengeti National Park, based on 475 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Serengeti National Park
Northern Crombec
Sylvietta brachyura
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
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Red-faced Crombec in Serengeti National Park?
About 12% of wildlife watchers report a Red-faced Crombec sighting in Serengeti National Park, based on 475 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Red-faced Crombec in Serengeti National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Red-faced Crombec in Serengeti National Park in our monthly data.