Red-faced Crombec
Sylvietta whytii
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMacrosphenidae (African Warblers)
- GenusSylvietta (Crombecs)
- SpeciesSylvietta whytii (Red-faced Crombec)
Closest Relatives at Nairobi National Park
Moustached Grass-Warbler
Melocichla mentalis
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Long-tailed Fiscal
Lanius cabanisi
Superb Starling
Lamprotornis superbus
Red-billed Oxpecker
Buphagus erythrorhynchus
Kenya Rufous Sparrow
Passer rufocinctus
Northern Pied-Babbler
Turdoides hypoleuca
Variable Sunbird
Cinnyris venustus
Purple Grenadier
Uraeginthus ianthinogaster
Reichenow's Seedeater
Crithagra reichenowi
Red-billed Firefinch
Lagonosticta senegala
Pied Crow
Corvus albus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Red-faced Crombec in Nairobi National Park?
About 29% of visitor-days record a Red-faced Crombec sighting in Nairobi National Park, based on 371 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Red-faced Crombec in Nairobi National Park?
June has the highest sighting rate for Red-faced Crombec in Nairobi National Park in our monthly data.