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Eurasian Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)

Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)

About Eurasian Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Perching Birds
  • Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers

The Eurasian blackcap is a bird usually known simply as the blackcap. It is a common and widespread typical warbler. It has mainly olive-grey upperparts and pale grey underparts, and differences across the five subspecies are small. Both sexes have a neat coloured cap to the head, black in the male and reddish-brown in the female. The male's typical song is a rich musical warbling, often ending in a loud high-pitched crescendo, but a simpler song is given in some isolated areas, such as valleys in the Alps. The blackcap's closest relative is the garden warbler, which looks quite different but has a similar song.

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 2011-01-12

    Wondo Genet, Ethiopia
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  • 2011-01-23

    Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
  • 2015-03-27

    Valle Gran Rey, Spain
  • 2015-03-28

    Vilaflor, Spain
  • 2015-03-31

    Rio Almonte, Spain
  • 2015-04-01

    PN de Monfrague, Spain
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  • 2015-04-02

    Madrid, Spain
  • 2015-04-03

    Parque del Retiro, Spain
  • 2015-04-03

    Real Jardin Botanico, Spain
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  • 2021-09-24

    Oxford, England
  • 2025-01-23

    Gorgas de San Julian, Spain
  • 2025-01-24

    Salto de Roldan, Spain
  • 2025-01-29

    Arusha National Park, Tanzania
  • 2025-02-03

    West Usambara Mountains, Tanzania
  • 2025-02-26

    Lac Afenourir, Morocco
  • 2025-02-27

    Volubilis, Morocco
  • 2025-02-28

    Volubilis, Morocco
  • 2025-03-01

    Fes, Morocco
  • 2025-03-03

    Guadalmesi, Spain
  • 2025-03-05

    Guadalmesi, Spain
  • 2025-03-09

    Cueva de la Pileta, Spain