Macrosphenus

Macrosphenus is a genus of African warblers, formerly placed in the family Sylviidae. It is one of two genera in that family known as longbills.

Macrosphenus
Kemp's longbill (Macrosphenus kempi)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Macrosphenidae
Genus:	Macrosphenus Cassin, 1859
Type species
Macrosphenus flavicans[1] Cassin, 1859

Taxonomy and systematics

Extant species

The genus contains five species:^[2]

• Yellow longbill (Macrosphenus flavicans)
• Kemp's longbill (Macrosphenus kempi)
• Grey longbill (Macrosphenus concolor)
• Pulitzer's longbill (Macrosphenus pulitzeri)
• Kretschmer's longbill (Macrosphenus kretschmeri)

Former species

Some authorities, either presently or formerly, recognize several additional species as belonging to the genus Macrosphenus including:

• Montane tiny greenbul (as Macrosphenus albigula)^[3]