Species profile
Somali Crombec
Sylvietta isabellina
Quick answer
Dry acacia steppes of Ethiopia, Somalia and n Kenya
- Scientific name
- Sylvietta isabellina
- Family
- Macrosphenidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Sylvietta
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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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)