Species profile
Philippa's Crombec
Sylvietta philippae
Quick answer
Acacia steppes of nw Somalia and adjacent Ethiopia
- Scientific name
- Sylvietta philippae
- Family
- Macrosphenidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Sylvietta
- Conservation status
- Data Deficient
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Related species in Macrosphenidae
- Cape Grassbird (Sphenoeacus afer)
- Eastern Crombec (Sylvietta leucopsis)
- Green Crombec (Sylvietta virens)
- Grey Longbill (Macrosphenus concolor)
- Kemp's Longbill (Macrosphenus kempi)
- Kretschmer's Longbill (Macrosphenus kretschmeri)
- Lemon-bellied Crombec (Sylvietta denti)
- Long-billed Crombec (Sylvietta rufescens)