What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Cape Crombec been recorded?

Sylvietta rufescens occurrence evidence comes from 229 records in 7 countries and territories, from 1859 to 2026. Most records come from South Africa.

Cape Crombec
Cape Crombec — Photo (display-sized rendition): Alan Manson · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPasseriformesMacrosphenidaeSylvietta

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

229 records across 7 countries and territories, 1859–2026.

Sylvietta rufescens · GBIF taxon key 2493540

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: September.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: September. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18592026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Cape Crombec has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Cape Crombec. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
South Africa 117
Botswana 32
Namibia 29
Angola 26
Zimbabwe 12
Mozambique 11
Zambia 2

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.