Somali crombec

Somali crombec
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Macrosphenidae
Genus:	Sylvietta
Species:	S. isabellina
Binomial name
	Sylvietta isabellina; Elliot, 1897

The Somali crombec (Sylvietta isabellina) is a species of African warbler, formerly placed in the family Sylviidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

A subspecies gaekwari described by R.B. Sharpe and named after the Maharaja of Baroda Sayajirao Gaekwad III is considered to be indistinguishable from the nominate form.[2][3]

References

BirdLife International (2012). "Sylvietta isabellina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
Hartert, E. (1928). "Types of birds in the Tring Museum. C. Additional and overlooked types". Novitates Zoologicae. 34 (3): 189–230.
Anonymous (1906). The history of the collection contained in the natural history departments of the British Museum. Volume 2. British Museum. p. 355.

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[1] BirdLife International (2012). "Sylvietta isabellina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url

[2] Hartert, E. (1928). "Types of birds in the Tring Museum. C. Additional and overlooked types". Novitates Zoologicae. 34 (3): 189–230.

[3] Anonymous (1906). The history of the collection contained in the natural history departments of the British Museum. Volume 2. British Museum. p. 355.