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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A pair drinking and bathing. Locality Lynx Garden, Bellaterra, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Josep del Hoyo 12 January 2013 21 weeks ago 1 min 15 sec 4.8 -
Two males bathing, one after the other. Locality Lynx Garden, Bellaterra, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Josep del Hoyo 21 January 2012 1 year ago 49 sec 4.8 -
An adult female bathing Locality Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp atricapilla)
Pere Sugranyes 28 February 2006 5 years ago 20 sec 4.6 -
A pair bathing. Locality Lynx Garden, Bellaterra, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Josep del Hoyo 25 May 2013 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 1 min 3 sec 4.6 -
A male taking a bath, then being joined by a female. Locality Lynx Garden, Bellaterra, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Josep del Hoyo 12 January 2013 21 weeks ago 45 sec 4.6 -
A female drinking. Locality Lynx Garden, Bellaterra, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Josep del Hoyo 25 May 2013 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 28 sec 4.5
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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 1 year ago 4.4 -
Passing Migrant
Locality Traina Farm, Al Wakrah, Qatar
John A Thompson 13 April 2009 3 years ago 4.4 -
He loves Callicarpa berries.
Locality Huntley, Gloucestershire, England, Great Britain
Richard Smart 27 November 2009 1 year ago 4.4 -
a female adult.
Locality Isles of Scilly, England, Great Britain
M P Goodey 1 July 2011 1 year ago 4.4 -
Adult Male
Locality Isles of Scilly, England, Great Britain (ssp atricapilla)
M P Goodey 1 July 2011 1 year ago 4.4 -
Female in the cold morning.
Locality Hungary
Zotyesz 7 April 2013 7 weeks ago 4.2
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Typic song; 750m Locality Vence, Chartreuse Mountains, Rhône-Alpes, France
jacques Prevost 10 April 2010 51 weeks ago 4.5 -
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 4 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 4 years ago 4.3 -
Male singing briefly Locality Wanstead Park, London, England, Great Britain
(ssp atricapilla)
Stuart Fisher 4 April 2009 4 years ago 4.3 -
Male singing Locality Girona, Girona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Ferran Vaquero 22 May 2011 2 years ago 4 -
Song and subsong of a male Locality Dol, Hvar Island, Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia
Stuart Fisher 26 October 2010 2 years ago 4
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