Red-faced Crombec

Red-faced Crombec

Sylvietta whytii

Silhouette: PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible
at Nairobi National Park

In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%

430 Verified sightings at Nairobi National Park From 2019 to 2026
2,598 In all 24 parks
June Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Red-faced Crombec

The red-faced crombec (Sylvietta whytii) is a species of African warbler, formerly placed in the family Sylviidae. It is found in Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. Red-faced crombec - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds Wikipedia →

Sounds

Song0:37

Tanzania · 2019

© Peter Boesman · XC510419 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Call0:08

Ethiopia · 2014

© Andrew Spencer · XC277072 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Alarm call0:21

Kenya · 2022

© Lars Lachmann · XC750219 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Mkomazi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~40%
2 Nairobi National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~30%
3 Mikumi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~20%
4 Tsavo West National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~20%
5 Ruaha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~20%
6 Arusha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~20%
7 Lake Nakuru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~20%
8 Lake Mburo National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~20%
9 Akagera National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
~20%
10 Tarangire National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~10%
11 Kidepo Valley National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~10%
12 Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~10%
13 Lake Manyara National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~10%
14 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique
~10%
15 Meru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~10%
16 Masai Mara National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
~10%
17 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~10%
18 Amboseli National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~10%
19 Queen Elizabeth National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
20 Tsavo East National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
21 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
<5%
22 Murchison Falls National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
23 Samburu National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
24 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Mombasa 🇰🇪 Kenya
~20%
2 Dar es-Salaam 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
3 Nairobi 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
4 Kigali 🇷🇼 Rwanda
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Red-faced Crombec in Nairobi National Park?

Possible

About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Red-faced Crombec sighting in Nairobi National Park on a given day, based on 430 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 99th most-seen of the 371 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.

When is the best time to see a Red-faced Crombec in Nairobi National Park?

February–March, June, August and October–November

In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Red-faced Crombec in Nairobi National Park on a given day, against about 20% in April–May, July, September and December–January, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Red-faced Crombec?

Between 7 and 10 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-faced 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 Nairobi National Park the best place to see a Red-faced Crombec?

2nd of 24

Of the 24 parks where we can rate Red-faced Crombec sightings, Nairobi National Park ranks 2nd at about 30%. The best odds are in Mkomazi National Park (Tanzania, about 40%).

Where does the Red-faced Crombec sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Red-faced Crombec is recorded against all the birds logged in Nairobi National Park (430 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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