Red-capped Crombec
Sylvietta ruficapillaBocage, JVB, 1877
English (US) Red-capped Crombec
The Red-capped Crombec (Sylvietta ruficapilla) 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 ruficapilla
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Red-capped Crombec
- Described by
- Bocage, JVB, 1877
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 6 subspecies for this species.
- Sylvietta ruficapilla schoutedeni
- Sylvietta ruficapilla rufigenis
- Sylvietta ruficapilla chubbi
- Sylvietta ruficapilla makayii
- Sylvietta ruficapilla ruficapilla
- Sylvietta ruficapilla gephyra
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Bocage, JVB, 1877
- Type locality
- Caconda, Angola.
- Original description
- Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes. Publicado sob os Auspicios da Academia Real das Sciencas de Lisboa (1), 6 p.160
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-faced Crombec
Sylvietta whytii
Somali Crombec
Sylvietta isabellina
Long-billed Crombec
Sylvietta rufescens
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