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 Enlarge map
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Two males bathing, one after the other. Locality Lynx Garden, Bellaterra, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Josep del Hoyo 21 January 2012 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 49 sec 4.7 -
An adult female bathing Locality Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp atricapilla)
Pere Sugranyes 28 February 2006 4 years ago 20 sec 4.6 -
A male on a branch, singing, stretching its wings, flying away Locality Sceaux, Île-de-France, France
Robert Mouchard 26 June 2010 34 weeks ago 1 min 16 sec 4.6 -
a male Blackcap feeding on a pear Locality Styria State, Austria
Andreas Gruber 15 September 2010 1 year ago 1 min 32 sec 4.5 -
A female eating a fig Locality Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Pere Sugranyes 24 October 2010 1 year ago 38 sec 4.3 -
Two views of a male feeding on a fig. Locality Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Pere Sugranyes 18 October 2009 2 years ago 39 sec 4.3
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Female keeping an eye to the predators before having a bath
Locality Montserrat Mountain Natural Park, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Josep Batlle 9 September 2011 18 weeks ago 4.5 -
Adult Male
Locality Isles of Scilly, England, Great Britain
M P Goodey 1 July 2011 28 weeks ago 4.4 -
Passing Migrant
Locality Traina Farm, Qatar
John A Thompson 13 April 2009 1 year ago 4.4 -
a female adult.
Locality Isles of Scilly, England, Great Britain
M P Goodey 1 July 2011 28 weeks ago 4.3 -
feamle on a branch
Locality Ramot, Golan Heights, Israel
Lior Kislev 22 April 2011 41 weeks ago 4 -
male first winter
Locality Ouessant (Ushant) island, Finistère, Bretagne, France
AurélienAudevard 24 September 2009 2 years ago 4
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Excited song and subsong of a male in close proximity to a female Locality Wanstead Park, London, England, Great Britain
(ssp atricapilla)
Stuart Fisher 10 April 2009 2 years ago 4.3 -
Male singing with varied song probably with some mimicry Locality Surrey, England, Great Britain
(ssp atricapilla)
Stuart Fisher 1 July 2002 2 years ago 4.3 -
Male singing briefly Locality Wanstead Park, London, England, Great Britain
(ssp atricapilla)
Stuart Fisher 4 April 2009 2 years ago 4.3 -
Male singing Locality Girona, Girona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Ferran Vaquero 22 May 2011 37 weeks ago 4 -
Song and subsong of a male Locality Dol, Hvar Island, Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia
Stuart Fisher 26 October 2010 1 year ago 4 -
Three males singing simultaneously Locality Antwerp Province, Belgium
(ssp atricapilla)
Laurent Demongin 15 April 2010 1 year ago 4
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