Blackcap
Sylvia atricapilla
Old world warblers
(Sylviidae)
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A small songbird with a dark head and black eye. The ♂ with a light grey body and black head and grey beak. After breeding the grey becomes paler, looking brownish. The ♂ has a grey-brown body with rust red head and grey collar. Lower body is light grey. A loud and distinctive melodic song. ⇔ l. 12-14 cm A migratory bird breeding in Europe and wintering close to the Mediterranean. LA: ≈ The PARIDAE (Tits) with a black head have white cheeks and are more beige or brownish.
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< 15 cm
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4 LookAlikes (LA):
Marsh tit
Coal tit
Willow tit
Sardinian warbler
Blackcap
Zwartkop
Mönchsgrasmücke
Fauvette à tête noire
Capinera
Curruca capirotada
Toutinegra-de-barrette-preto
Черноголовая славка
黑顶林莺
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