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The Long-billed crombec (Sylvietta rufescens) is a bird found in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana. Dry bushland across southern Africa. It eats insects and other small invertebrates and seeds and nuts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Long-billed crombec lives

Dry bushland across southern Africa.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs90%
• 🌰 Seeds & nuts10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Hear the Long-billed crombec

Recorded by Paul Driver (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC444142. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Long-billed crombec

Where does the Long-billed crombec live?

The Long-billed crombec lives in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana. Dry bushland across southern Africa.

What does the Long-billed crombec eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 90%), seeds and nuts (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Long-billed crombec endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

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• Bokmakierie
• Amethyst sunbird
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• White-rumped swift
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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.