Blackcap (Eurasian)

(C) hedera.baltica (shared under a CC BY-SA 2.0 license)

 

Scientific Name: Sylvia atricapilla

Appearance: Fairly sturdy warbler. Plumage grey-brown above, greyish-white or pale olive-grey below. Plain greyish wings and tail. Crown glossy black in adult male, and brown in female and juvenile male.

Song: Fast, jumbled warbling. Phrases often begin with a low-amplitude, scratchy warble, accelerating and growing in volume to bright, clear notes. Singing bouts consist of similarly constructed phrases interspersed with regular gaps.

When heard: Mainly summer migrant. Males sing from April until the end of the breeding season in July or August.

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