crombecn.
/ˈkrɒmbɛk/, U.S. /ˈkrɑmˌbɛk/ A popular name for African warblers of the genus Sylvietta.
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1875–84 E. L. Layard Birds S. Afr. 303 Sylvietta rufescens…The ‘Stomp~stertje’ of the Dutch colonists, and the ‘Crombec’ of Le Vaillant.]
1901 A. C. Stark & W. L. Sclater Birds S. Afr. II. 117 Sylviella [sic] pallida. The Zambesi Crombec.
1908 A. K. Haagner & R. H. Ivy Sketches S. Afr. Bird-life 80 The Crombec (Sylviella rufescens), known to the farmers as the Stomp-stertje (Stump-tail), is ash-grey above and tawny-buff below.
1955 C. W. Mackworth-Praed & C. H. B. Grant Birds E. & N.E. Afr. II. 423 Crombecs or Stump-tails... Called Crombecs by the early Dutch settlers in South Africa because of their curved bills.
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