Sylvietta brachyura
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
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 |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Crombec sighting in Awash National Park on a given day, based on 35 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 59th most-seen of the 217 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and November
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Crombec in Awash National Park on a given day, against about 10% in April and December, the lowest months. Those are among Awash National Park's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain a month against 85 mm in August. February–March, May and September have too few records to rate.
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.
Among the best
Of the 13 parks where we can rate Northern Crombec sightings, Awash National Park ranks 4th at about 30%, level with the leaders once rounded. 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%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Northern Crombec that you can see in Awash National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are White-headed Buffalo-Weaver (about 60%), Isabelline Wheatear (about 60%) and Fork-tailed Drongo (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Northern Crombec is recorded against all the birds logged in Awash National Park (35 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.
