Long-billed Crombec
Sylvietta rufescens(Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
English (US) Long-billed Crombec
The Long-billed Crombec (Sylvietta rufescens) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Macrosphenidae (Longbills, Crombecs, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Sylvietta rufescens
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Long-billed Crombec
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 7 subspecies for this species.
- Sylvietta rufescens adelphe
- Sylvietta rufescens flecki
- Sylvietta rufescens ansorgei
- Sylvietta rufescens pallida
- Sylvietta rufescens resurga
- Sylvietta rufescens rufescens
- Sylvietta rufescens diverga
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Dicaeum rufescens
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
- Type locality
- Africa = Olifants River, western Cape Province, ex Levaillant.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 9 p.407
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Longbills, Crombecs, and Allies
Rockrunner
Achaetops pycnopygius
Cape Grassbird
Sphenoeacus afer
Moustached Grass Warbler
Melocichla mentalis
Victorin's Warbler
Cryptillas victorini
Green Crombec
Sylvietta virens
Lemon-bellied Crombec
Sylvietta denti
White-browed Crombec
Sylvietta leucophrys
Northern Crombec
Sylvietta brachyura
Philippa's Crombec
Sylvietta philippae
Red-capped Crombec
Sylvietta ruficapilla
Red-faced Crombec
Sylvietta whytii
Somali Crombec
Sylvietta isabellina
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