Blackcap

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	Blackcap	Common name
	Sylviidae Passeriformes	Scientific name
	Passeriformes	Order
	Sylvia atricapilla	Family
	13 cm	Length
	Mainly Woodland but also gardens hedgerows.	Habitat
	3-6 eggs	Clutch
		Food

	Our breeing Blackcaps migrate to Southern Europe and Africa. In recent years Eatern European birds are overwintering with us. Global warming? It may be due to available food. They feed on the nectare from a winter flowering shrubs. Mahonia X Chatity is a good plant for Blackcaps.	Habits
	8028	World Number

Female with brown cap Male with black
Photo by Mull birds © all rights reserved	Video Added February 03, 2007 From madmurd Photo April 12, 2007 by d_leaper © all rights reserved

Blackcap Full song including mimicry (Sylvia atricapilla) Stuart Fisher XC24740 ?-?-2003, United Kingdom Blackcap call and song (Sylvia atricapilla) Niels Krabbe XC25694 24-05-1982, Denmark Blackcap Song (Sylvia atricapilla) Patrik Åberg XC27135 24-07-2008, Sweden

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01/03/2008 0000000

25/10/2009 500,000

28/02/2012 870,300

01/01/2009 151,000

01/10/2010 562,291