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title: "Long-billed Crombec"
description: "Sylvietta rufescens — Birds. The long-billed crombec or Cape crombec (Sylvietta rufescens) is an African warbler."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/long-billed-crombec
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Long-billed Crombec

> Sylvietta rufescens — Birds. The long-billed crombec or Cape crombec (Sylvietta rufescens) is an African warbler.

- Scientific name: *Sylvietta rufescens*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `savanna` (Savanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 1246
- Wikidata: [Q2225465](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2225465)
- iNaturalist taxon: [15254](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/15254)

## Names

- en: Long-billed Crombec
- de: Langschnabelsylvietta
- es: Crombec Piquilargo
- fr: Crombec à long bec
- nl: Kaapse krombek
- pt: Rabicurta-de-bico-comprido
- pl: Sawanka długodzioba

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (865), NA (123), BW (75), ZM (34), ZW (32), MW (24), AO (9), SZ (6), MZ (5)

## Summary

The long-billed crombec or Cape crombec (Sylvietta rufescens) is an African warbler.
The long-billed crombec breeds in southern Africa from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and Tanzania southwards to South Africa.
This is a common species in fynbos, open woodland, savannah and dry Acacia scrub.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-billed_crombec

## Photo

![Long-billed Crombec](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/long-billed-crombec/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ludwig Muller · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/57438793

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/long-billed-crombec?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).