crombec

{{Short description|Genus of birds}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| name = Crombecs

| image = Green Crombec QE dec05.jpg

| image_caption = Green crombec (Sylvietta virens)

| taxon = Sylvietta

| authority = Lafresnaye, 1839

| type_species = Sylvietta brachyura{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=250 |title= Macrosphenidae |author= |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-07-16}}

| type_species_authority = Lafresnaye, 1839

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

9-10, see text

}}

Sylvietta, the crombecs, is a genus of African warblers. Formerly placed in the massively paraphyletic family Sylviidae, it is now considered to belong to a newly recognized family found only in Africa, Macrosphenidae.

It contains the following species:

• Green crombec, Sylvietta virens
• Lemon-bellied crombec, Sylvietta denti
• White-browed crombec, Sylvietta leucophrys
• Chapin's crombec, Sylvietta (leucophrys) chapini - possibly extinct (late 20th century?)
• Northern crombec, Sylvietta brachyura
• Philippa's crombec, Sylvietta philippae
• Red-capped crombec, Sylvietta ruficapilla
• Red-faced crombec, Sylvietta whytii
• Somali crombec, Sylvietta isabellina
• Long-billed crombec, Sylvietta rufescens