Long-billed Crombec (Sylvietta rufescens)
About the Long-billed Crombec
The long-billed crombec or Cape crombec (Sylvietta rufescens) is an African warbler. The long-billed crombec breeds in southern Africa from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and Tanzania southwards to South Africa. This is a common species in fynbos, open woodland, savannah and dry Acacia scrub. The long-billed crombec is a small, nearly tailless bird 12 cm long and weighing around 16 g. Its upperparts are brownish grey-brown, and there is a pale grey supercilium, separated from the whitish throat by a dark eye stripe. The whitish breast shades into the buff belly. The long slightly curved bill is blackish. The sexes are similar, and the juvenile resembles the adult. The call is a variable series of trilled notes including trreee-rriiit trreee-rriiit and a harsh pttt.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 120 recordings for this species: 5 CC BY-NC-ND · 2 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa in the xeno-canto catalogue.
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