Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) - HBW 11, p. 693
French: Fauvette à tête noire
German: Mönchsgrasmücke
Spanish: Curruca Capirotada
Other common names: Black-capped Warbler
Taxonomy: Motacilla Atricapilla Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden.
Sister-species of S. borin; the two are the most divergent members of the genus. Geographical variation very slight and largely clinal, and racial boundaries poorly marked; nominate race intergrades with dammholzi in Turkey, Crimea and NW Caucasus, and heineken and pauluccii intergrade widely in Spain and NW Africa. Proposed race riphaea (described from SE Urals, in W Russia) synonymized with nominate, koenigi (Mallorca) with pauluccii, obscura (Madeira) with heineken, and atlantis (Azores) with gularis. Five subspec.. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Motacilla Atricapilla Linnaeus,1758. Sweden.
Sister-species of S. borin; the two are the most divergent members of the genus. Geographical variation very slight and largely clinal, and racial boundaries poorly marked; nominate race intergrades with dammholzi in Turkey, Crimea and NW Caucasus, and heineken and pauluccii intergrade widely in Spain and NW Africa. Proposed race riphaea (described from SE Urals, in W Russia) synonymized with nominate, koenigi (Mallorca) with pauluccii, obscura (Madeira) with heineken, and atlantis (Azores) with gularis. Five subspecies recognized.
Sister-species of S. borin; the two are the most divergent members of the genus. Geographical variation very slight and largely clinal, and racial boundaries poorly marked; nominate race intergrades with dammholzi in Turkey, Crimea and NW Caucasus, and heineken and pauluccii intergrade widely in Spain and NW Africa. Proposed race riphaea (described from SE Urals, in W Russia) synonymized with nominate, koenigi (Mallorca) with pauluccii, obscura (Madeira) with heineken, and atlantis (Azores) with gularis. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- atricapilla (Linnaeus, 1758) - breeds W Europe (S to Pyrenees and N Italy) E to SW Siberia and N Kazakhstan, S to C Turkey and SW Russia; non-breeding W & S Europe, and NW, W & E Africa.
- gularis Alexander, 1898 - Azores and Cape Verde Is.
- heineken (Jardine, 1830) - W & S Iberian Peninsula, Madeira and Canary Is, and probably Morocco to Algeria and Tunisia.
- atricapilla (Linnaeus, 1758) - breeds W Europe (S to Pyrenees and N Italy) E to SW Siberia and N Kazakhstan, S to C Turkey and SW Russia; non-breeding W & S Europe, and NW, W & E Africa.
- gularis Alexander, 1898 - Azores and Cape Verde Is.
- heineken (Jardine, 1830) - W & S Iberian Peninsula, Madeira and Canary Is, and probably Morocco to Algeria and Tunisia.
- pauluccii Arrigoni, 1902 - E Spain, Balearic Is, Corsica, Sardinia, C & S Italy (including Sicily), and probably Tunisia.
- dammholzi Stresemann, 1928 - breeds NE Turkey and NW Caucasus S to Levant and S Caspian Sea region; non-breeding E sub-Saharan Africa.
- Least Concern
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An adult female bathing Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ssp atricapilla)
Pere Sugranyes 28 February 2006 2 years ago 20 sec 4.8 -
Male and female feeding the young. Vienna State, Austria (ssp atricapilla)
Helmut Schenkel Br... 15 May 2007 1 year ago 57 sec 4.4 -
A birg sings in a cool, misty morning. In the background nor a trush singing. Filmed in Duelmen North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Christian Wiesmann 11 March 2009 24 weeks ago 32 sec 4 -
Two views of a male feeding on a fig. Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Pere Sugranyes 18 October 2009 43 weeks ago 39 sec 4 -
A female foraging among flowers of an almond tree. Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Pere Sugranyes 7 March 2009 48 weeks ago 26 sec 4 -
A female eating ivy fruits 2 Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, Spain
Juan Sanabria 1 March 2007 1 year ago 20 sec 4
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Passing Migrant Traina Farm, Qatar
John A Thompson 13 April 2009 11 weeks ago 4.3 -
Bad hair day Al Ruwais, Qatar
John A Thompson 2 April 2010 21 weeks ago 4 -
male first winter Ouessant (Ushant) island, Finistère, Bretagne, France
AurélienAudevard 24 September 2009 35 weeks ago 4 -
male first winter Ouessant (Ushant) island, Finistère, Bretagne, France
AurélienAudevard 24 September 2009 35 weeks ago 4 -
female first winter Ouessant (Ushant) island, Finistère, Bretagne, France
AurélienAudevard 20 September 2009 35 weeks ago 4 -
female first winter Ouessant (Ushant) island, Finistère, Bretagne, France
AurélienAudevard 19 September 2009 35 weeks ago 4
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Male singing briefly Wanstead Park, London, England, UK
(ssp atricapilla)
Stuart Fisher 4 April 2009 1 year ago 4.7 -
Excited song and subsong of a male in close proximity to a female Wanstead Park, London, England, UK
(ssp atricapilla)
Stuart Fisher 10 April 2009 1 year ago 4.3 -
Male singing with varied song probably with some mimicry Surrey, England, UK
(ssp atricapilla)
Stuart Fisher 1 July 2002 1 year ago 4.3 -
Three males singing simultaneously Antwerp Province, Belgium
(ssp atricapilla)
Laurent Demongin 15 April 2010 11 weeks ago 4 -
Thin calls followed by songs Antwerp Province, Belgium
(ssp atricapilla)
Laurent Demongin 15 April 2010 11 weeks ago 4 -
Male singing Surrey, England, UK
(ssp atricapilla)
Stuart Fisher 1 July 2002 1 year ago 4
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