Abundance: 0.31 to 1.80% (median 0.96%)

Latitudinal range: -15.6° to 10.1°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (4), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical savanna (3)

Found in 9 samples

Angola: Kumbira Forest

Burkina Faso: Cascades Region (2011)

Cameroon: Nyong River

Ghana: Samole (wet season)

Ivory Coast: Bossematié Forest (selective cleaning)

Kenya: Kakamega Forest

Nigeria: Jos Wildlife Park

Uganda: Makerere University Biological Field Station (logged)

Zambia: Balmoral

See also Sylvietta brachyura, Sylvietta leucophrys, Sylvietta ruficapilla, Sylvietta virens, Sylvietta whytii