» Thomas Varto Nielsen

» Jemma Valley

» Ethiopia

» May, 2012

» Canon 7D + 400/5,6

»Sylvietta brachyura - Northern Crombec

»Crombec sittele

» Least Concern

» According to all the literature I have, only ssp Leucopsis has been recorded in Ethiopia. But many birds, like this one, have much less white throat and supercilium, than the ssp Leucopsis depicted in various Field Guides. Both throat and supercilium are mostly buff, this makes the birds look more like ssp Brachyura or ssp Carnapi - or actually, they often look intermediate between Leucopsis and Brachyura/Carnapi!