Red-capped Crombec (Sylvietta ruficapilla) | Photos and ID

LCLeast ConcernInvertebrates

WoodlandDomed nestTiny · 11 g

Red-capped Crombec (Sylvietta ruficapilla), photo 1 — Photo: (c) Nigel Voaden, some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by

Red-capped Crombec (Sylvietta ruficapilla), photo 2 — Photo: Tom Field · CC BY 4.0

Red-capped Crombec (Sylvietta ruficapilla), photo 3 — Photo: National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project · CC BY 4.0

Red-capped Crombec (Sylvietta ruficapilla), photo 4 — Photo: National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project · CC BY 4.0

Red-capped Crombec (Sylvietta ruficapilla), photo 5 — Photo: National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project · CC BY 4.0

Red-capped Crombec (Sylvietta ruficapilla), photo 6 — Photo: (c) National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Red-capped Crombec (Sylvietta ruficapilla), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Tom Field, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

The red-capped crombec is a small bird recorded to be ranging around 11 to 12 cm (4.3 to 4.7 in) in size. It has a red almost burnt orange cap on its head, with the body being an olive-brown plumage. The wings and tail are often found to be darker with the under parts lighter being a pale yellow hue. The red-capped crombec has a slim, sharp bill used for catching insects.

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When to see the Red-capped Crombec

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Red-capped Crombec

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 5 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Zambia Malawi Angola Congo - Kinshasa Gabon

Recorded as a rare visitor in Tanzania.

About the Red-capped Crombec

The red-capped crombec is a species of African warbler, formerly placed in the family Sylviidae.

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Easily confused with

Somali CrombecSylvietta isabellinaThe Somali crombec is a species of African warbler, formerly placed in the family Sylviidae.

Lemon-bellied CrombecSylvietta dentiThe lemon-bellied crombec is a species of African warbler, formerly placed in the family Sylviidae. Philippa's CrombecSylvietta philippaeThe species is about 8 cm, weighing 9-10 g.

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