Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia Atricapilla Stock Photo

The Eurasian blackcap Sylvia atricapilla usually known simply as the blackcap, is a common and widespread typical warbler. It has mainly olive-grey upperparts and pale grey underparts, and differences between the five subspecies are small. Both sexes have a neat coloured cap to the head, black in the male and reddish-brown in the female. The male`s typical song is a rich musical warbling, often ending in a loud high-pitched crescendo, but a simpler song is given in some areas, such as valleys in the Alps. The blackcap`s closest relative is the garden warbler, which looks quite different but has a similar song.