Crombecs | |
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Green crombec (Sylvietta virens) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Macrosphenidae |
Genus: | Sylvietta Lafresnaye, 1839 |
Type species | |
Sylvietta brachyura[1] Lafresnaye, 1839
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Species | |
9-10, see text |
Sylvietta, the crombecs, is a genus of African warblers. Formerly placed in the massively paraphyletic family Sylviidae, it is now considered to belong to a newly recognized family found only in Africa, Macrosphenidae.
It contains the following species: