Cape Grassbird (Sphenoeacus afer) by Ian
And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.” (Matthew 8:20 NKJV)
CLASS – AVES, Order – PASSERIFORMES, Family – Crombecs, African warblers – Macrosphenidae
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Species (18)
Moustached Grass Warbler (Melocichla mentalis)
Cape Grassbird (Sphenoeacus afer)
Rockrunner (Achaetops pycnopygius)
Yellow Longbill (Macrosphenus flavicans)
Kemp’s Longbill (Macrosphenus kempi)
Grey Longbill (Macrosphenus concolor)
Pulitzer’s Longbill (Macrosphenus pulitzeri)
Kretschmer’s Longbill (Macrosphenus kretschmeri)
Northern Crombec (Sylvietta brachyura)
Red-faced Crombec (Sylvietta whytii)
Philippa’s Crombec (Sylvietta philippae)
Long-billed Crombec (Sylvietta rufescens)
Somali Crombec (Sylvietta isabellina)
Red-capped Crombec (Sylvietta ruficapilla)
Green Crombec (Sylvietta virens)
Lemon-bellied Crombec (Sylvietta denti)
White-browed Crombec (Sylvietta leucophrys)
Victorin’s Warbler (Cryptillas victorini)
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Articles Mentioning Birds From This Family:
- Birds of the Bible – Names of Birds (Longbill, Rockrunner, Grassbird)
Other Websites that have photos of this Family:
- Old World Warblers (Sylviidae) – IBC
- Macrosphenidae – Wikipedia
- Family : Muscicapidae – Le quide ornitho
Rockrunner (Achaetops pycnopygius) – by Keith Blomerley
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The African warblers are a newly erected family, Macrosphenidae, of songbirds. Most of the species were formerly placed in the Old World warbler family Sylviidae, although one species, the Rockrunner, was placed in the babbler family Timaliidae. A series of molecular studies of the Old World warblers and other bird families in the superfamily Sylvioidea (which includes the larks, swallows and tits) found that the African warblers were not part of the family Sylviidae but were instead an early offshoot (basal) to the entire Sylvioidea clade.
Some of the Family – Photos are Alphabetical down the columns:
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