Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Macrosphenidae > Sylvietta > Sylvietta ruficapillaSylvietta ruficapilla (Red-capped Crombec)The red-capped crombec (Sylvietta ruficapilla) is a species of African warbler, formerly placed in the family Sylviidae.It is found in Angola, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Botswana.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 11.2895 EDGE Score: 2.50875 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 11.5 grams | | Birth Weight [2] | 1.2 grams |  | | Diet [3] | Carnivore (Invertebrates) | | Diet - Invertibrates [3] | 100 % | | Forages - Canopy [3] | 80 % | | Forages - Understory [3] | 20 % | | | Clutch Size [4] | 2 |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
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Climate |
Land
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Albertine Rift montane forests |
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi,Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Angolan Miombo woodlands |
Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Angolan montane forest-grassland mosaic |
Angola |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Angolan Mopane woodlands |
Angola, Namibia |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Itigi-Sumbu thicket |
Tanzania, Zambia |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands |
Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Southern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic |
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Southern Rift montane forest-grassland mosaic |
Malawi, Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Western Congolian forest-savanna mosaic |
Gabon, Congo, Democratic Rep of the Congo, Angola |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Western Zambezian grasslands |
Angola, Zambia |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Zambezian and Mopane woodlands |
South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Namibia, Malawi |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands |
Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Zambezian Cryptosepalum dry forests |
Zambia |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Zambezian flooded grasslands |
Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia |
Afrotropic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Bombo-Lumene Game Reserve |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Caconda |
Angola |
A3 |
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Cameia National Park |
Angola |
A3 |
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Cangandala National Park |
Angola |
A3 |
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Chimfunshi |
Zambia |
A3 |
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Chisamba |
Zambia |
A1, A3 |
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Chitunta plain |
Zambia |
A1, A3 |
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Cutato |
Angola |
A3 |
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Dzalanyama Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A3 |
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Furancungo woodlands |
Mozambique |
A1, A3 |
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Hillwood |
Zambia |
A1, A3 |
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Jimbe drainage |
Zambia |
A3 |
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Kafue National Park |
Zambia |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4ii |
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Kalungwishi |
Zambia |
A1, A3 |
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Kasanka National Park |
Zambia |
A1, A3 |
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Kasungu National Park |
Malawi |
A1, A3 |
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Kundelungu National Park |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A1, A3 |
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Lavushi Manda National Park |
Zambia |
A1, A3 |
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Liuwa Plain National Park |
Zambia |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Luachimo River (Chitato) |
Angola |
A1, A3 |
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Luando Strict Nature Reserve |
Angola |
A1, A3 |
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Lukususi National Park |
Zambia |
A3 |
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Lusenga Plain NP |
Zambia |
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Mafinga Mountains |
Zambia |
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Maiombe |
Angola |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Malawi Hills Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A3 |
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Minyanya Plain |
Zambia |
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Mount Moco |
Angola |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mtangatanga and Perekezi Forest Reserves |
Malawi |
A3 |
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Nkanga river conservation area |
Zambia |
A1, A3 |
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Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A3 |
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North Swaka |
Zambia |
A3 |
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Ntchisi Mountain Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A2, A3 |
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Nyika National Park |
Malawi |
A2, A3 |
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Shiwa Ng'andu |
Zambia |
A1, A3 |
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Source of the Zambezi |
Zambia |
A3 |
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South Viphya Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Tundavala |
Angola |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Ufipa plateau |
Tanzania |
A2, A3 |
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Upemba National Park |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve |
Malawi |
A3 |
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West Lunga National Park and Lukwakwa |
Zambia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Wonder Gorge |
Zambia |
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Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Eastern Afromontane |
Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605 ♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 4Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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