Eurasian Blackcap
Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0

Sylviid Warblers and Allies

Eurasian Blackcap

Sylvia atricapilla

LCLeast Concern
Family
Sylviid Warblers and Allies (Sylviidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

The Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) 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 five subspecies are small. Both sexes have a neat coloured cap to the head, black in the male and reddish-brown in the female.

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Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.