Green Crombec

Green Crombec

Sylvietta virens

Silhouette: PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%

183 Verified sightings at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park From 2019 to 2026
1,192 In all 8 parks
December Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Green Crombec

The green crombec (Sylvietta virens) is a species of African warbler, formerly placed in the family Sylviidae. It is widespread across the African tropical rainforest. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. Wikipedia →

Sounds

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Gabon · 2024

© Étienne Leroy · XC884946 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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Congo (Democratic Republic) · 2023

© Deville Tanguy · XC824215 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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Tanzania · 2023

© isaac kilusu · XC803878 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Semuliki National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~50%
2 Kibale National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~40%
3 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~10%
4 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
~10%
5 Queen Elizabeth National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~10%
6 Murchison Falls National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
7 Volcanoes National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
<5%
8 Lake Mburo National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kampala 🇺🇬 Uganda
~10%
2 Yaoundé 🇨🇲 Cameroon
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Green Crombec in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Green Crombec sighting in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park on a given day, based on 183 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 146th most-seen of the 400 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Green Crombec in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park?

March and December

In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Green Crombec in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January and February, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Green Crombec?

Between 9 am and noon

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Green 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.

Is Bwindi Impenetrable National Park the best place to see a Green Crombec?

3rd of 8

Of the 8 parks where we can rate Green Crombec sightings, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Semuliki National Park (Uganda, about 50%) and Kibale National Park (Uganda, about 40%).

Where does the Green Crombec sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Green Crombec is recorded against all the birds logged in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (183 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.

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