Eurasian Blackcap
Sylvia atricapilla
The male wears a black cap, females and juveniles a reddish-brown one – an easy identification feature. Some Central European birds now migrate north-west to winter in Britain and Ireland instead of heading south.
- Group
- Songbirds
- Photos
- 1
- Taken
- 2024
Profile: Eurasian Blackcap
- Family
- Sylviid warblers (Sylviidae)
- Size
- approx. 13.5–15 cm
- Wingspan
- approx. 20–23 cm
- Weight
- approx. 15–22 g
- Habitat
- Deciduous and mixed woodland with undergrowth, parks, cemeteries and gardens with dense shrubs.
- Diet
- Mainly insects and spiders in the breeding season, increasingly berries such as elder in late summer and autumn.
- When to see
- Migrant present in Central Europe from about late March to October, wintering mainly around the Mediterranean; a few birds stay through the winter.
Learn more: Wikipedia · NABU (German)