Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Edinburgh, Scotland
The Blackcap breeds throughout most of Europe and into North Africa and western Siberia. During the winter birds from the north and east of Europe move south, many as far as sub-Saharan Africa.
Blackcap
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Blackcap
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Blackcap
Male
Mostly grey-brown with a black cap.
Sylvia atricapilla ...
Blackcaps in winter
Until not long ago, we knew the blackcap as a bird which arrived in the UK around April and left again for southern Europe or north Africa in September.
Bush Blackcap Lioptilus nigricapillus
Described by: Vieillot (1818)
Alternate common name(s): Blackcap Mountain-babbler, Black-capped Mountain-babbler
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors ...
Blackcaps are known as northern nightingales, because of their lovely song. Although they look rather different from their close relatives, garden warblers, the song is virtually identical - close enough even to confuse each other.
Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Found: Europe
Photographed by Rafa Irusta
Warbler, Garden Sylvia borin Found: Europe, Asia, Africa
Photographed by: Gertjan Hooijer ...
Blackcap Illadopsis, Illadopsis cleaveri
Scaly-breasted Illadopsis, Illadopsis albipectus
Rufous-winged Illadopsis, Illadopsis rufescens
Puvel's Illadopsis, Illadopsis puveli
Pale-breasted Illadopsis, Illadopsis rufipennis ...
The Blackcap is a very habitual resident of our garden in summer, but we haven't been able to make a decent enough picture of it yet.
1.6 Crows and Jays (Corvidae) ...
blackcap basslet (Gramma melacara)
blacklip butterfly (Chaetodon kleinii)
blackpatch trigger (Rhinecanthus verrucosus)
blue angel (Centropyge sp.)
blue cheek goby (Valenciennea strigata)
blue chromis (Chromis cyanea) ...
Gramma melacara, Blackcap Basslet
Gramma brasiliensis, Brazilian Basslet
Gramma linki, Yellowlined Basslet
Gramma loreto, Royal Gramma
Grammistes sexlineatus, Sixline Soapfish
Gymnomuraena zebra, Zebra Moray
Gymnothorax zonipectis, Barredfin Moray ...
Water FunFISH-SEAWATER: Banggai Cardinalfish, Bay Pipefish, Batfish (Platax pinnatus), Bay Pipefish, Bird Wrasse, Black And Yellow Rockfish, Blackcap Basslet, Blacksmith, Blue Faced Angelfish, Blue Tang, Boccacio, Bonefish, Boxfish, ...
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Northern pintail (Anas acuta)
Smooth cauliflower coral (Stylophora pistillata)
Golden jackal (Canis aureus)
Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops)
Common snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata) ...
In its habits this species is closely allied to the Hooded and Green Blackcapt Flycatchers, being fond of low thick coverts, whether in the interior of swamps, or by the margins of sluggish pools.
Typical of the family are the blackcapped chickadee, Parus atricapillus, of the NE United States, the nearly identical Carolina chickadee of the South, and the similar willow tit of Europe and the British Isles. Some titmice have crests, e.g.
The name mocking-bird, or more frequently mock-nightingale, is in England occasionally given to some of the warblers (q.v.), especially the blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), and the sedge-bird (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus).
Brazilian basslet, Gramma brasiliensis Sazima, Gasparini & Moura, 1998.
Yellowlined basslet, Gramma linki Starck & Colin, 1978.
Royal gramma, Gramma loreto Poey, 1868.
Blackcap basslet, Gramma melacara Böhlke & Randall, 1963.
Sylvia atricapilla - Blackcap (photo)
Phylloscopus
Phylloscopus trochiloides - Greenish Warbler
Phylloscopus borealis - Arctic Warbler (photo)
Phylloscopus sibilatrix - Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus collybita - Chiffchaff ...
 See also: Warbler, Garden Warbler, Flamingo, Nightingale, Blackbird
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