NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Lemon-bellied Crombec
Sylvietta denti Ogilvie-Grant, 1906
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The lemon-bellied crombec (Sylvietta denti) is a species of African warbler, formerly placed in the family Sylviidae. It is sparsely present throughout the African tropical rainforest. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.
Wikipedia contributors, Lemon-bellied crombec; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:49:31.272430+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Sylvietta denti Ogilvie-Grant, 1906
- Name authority
- Ogilvie-Grant, 1906
- Common name
- Lemon-bellied Crombec
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Macrosphenidae
- Genus
- Sylvietta
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyMacrosphenidae Wolters, 1983
- genusSylvietta Lafresnaye, 1839
- speciesSylvietta denti Ogilvie-Grant, 1906
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Sylvietta. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Philippa's CrombecSylvietta philippae J. G. Williams, 1955 | MacrosphenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-billed CrombecSylvietta rufescens (Vieillot, 1817) | MacrosphenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Green CrombecSylvietta virens Cassin, 1859 | MacrosphenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern CrombecSylvietta brachyura Lafresnaye, 1839 | MacrosphenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-browed CrombecSylvietta leucophrys Sharpe, 1891 | MacrosphenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Somali CrombecSylvietta isabellina D. G. Elliot, 1897 | MacrosphenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-capped CrombecSylvietta ruficapilla Barboza du Bocage, 1877 | MacrosphenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-faced CrombecSylvietta whytii Shelley, 1894 | MacrosphenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Ogilvie-Grant, & William Robert. (1906). Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club, Vol. 19, No. 128. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:53N8C. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.