Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla Scientific name definitions

c. 12 cm; 10–12 g. The largest crombec, with strong bill. Nominate race has forehead grey, crown to nape, cheek and ear-coverts tawny-chestnut; upperparts grey, upperwing and tail dark greyish-brown; chin and throat grey with white mottling, bordered below by pale chestnut band; rest of underparts pale grey; iris light brown or yellow to orange-red; bill dark brown above, pale below; legs yellowish-brown to dull pinkish. Sexes alike. Juvenile is whiter below than adult, has throat and flanks tinged rufous. Race gephyra has crown more sandy than nominate, paler than dark chestnut ear-coverts; chubbi has crown and nape grey, uniform with mantle, which is slightly browner than in nominate, belly sometimes tinged yellow; schoutedeni is like last, but crown and back more olive-grey, underparts yellower; makayii is like nominate, but upperparts tinged olive, primaries edged yellow; rufigenis has sandy crown, upperparts washed olive, underparts washed yellow, primaries edged yellow.

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