Sylvietta brachyura
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The northern crombec (Sylvietta brachyura) is a species of African warbler, formerly placed in the family Sylviidae. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda.
Its natural habitat is dry savanna. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Meru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Samburu National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 4 | Awash National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 5 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 6 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 7 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 8 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 9 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 10 | Amboseli National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 11 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 12 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 13 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dakar | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 2 | Serrekunda | 🇬🇲 Gambia | |
| 3 | Ouagadougou | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | |
| 4 | Abuja | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | |
| 5 | Freetown | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | |
| 6 | Accra | 🇬🇭 Ghana |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Crombec sighting in Amboseli National Park on a given day, based on 31 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 226th most-seen of the 362 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Crombec in Amboseli National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–June and August–February, the lowest months. Those are among Amboseli National Park's driest months, with about 40 mm of rain a month against 220 mm in April.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Northern Crombec sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
10th of 13
Of the 13 parks where we can rate Northern Crombec sightings, Amboseli National Park ranks 10th at under 5%. The best odds are in Kidepo Valley National Park (Uganda, about 30%), Meru National Park (Kenya, about 30%) and Samburu National Reserve (Kenya, about 30%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Northern Crombec is recorded against all the birds logged in Amboseli National Park (31 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
