Eurasian blackcap
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The Eurasian blackcap is a bird usually known simply as the blackcap. It is a common and widespread warbler. It has mainly olive-grey upperparts and pale grey underparts, and differences across the fi
Eurasian blackcap male Drenthe
Sylvia atricappila vogelartinfo chris romeiks R7F4015
Male S. a. heineken in the Canary Islands, Spain
Adult female in Sweden showing reddish brown cap
Sylviidae
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Sylviidae is a family of passerine birds that includes the genus Sylvia, and the closely related genus Curruca, formerly included in Sylvia. They are found in Eurasia and Africa, with the greatest div
Eurasian blackcap
…d'Assise, the saint is represented by themes based on the blackcap's song. The genus Sylvia forms part of a large family of Old World warblers, the Sylviidae. The blackcap and its nearest relative, the garden warbler, are an ancient species pair which diverged very early from the rest of the genus at between…
Sylvia atricapilla male 2
Sylvia atricapilla Lullington Heath, East Sussex, England male 8
Sylvia curruca 1