Bush Blackcap (Sylvia nigricapillus) | Photos and ID

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Bush Blackcap (Sylvia nigricapillus), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Henry de Lange, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Bush Blackcap (Sylvia nigricapillus), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Alan Manson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Bush Blackcap (Sylvia nigricapillus), photo 7 — Photo: (c) martin ingemansson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Bush Blackcap (Sylvia nigricapillus), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Justin Ponder, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Bush Blackcap (Sylvia nigricapillus), photo 9 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Bush Blackcap (Sylvia nigricapillus), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Todd Boland, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

When to see the Bush Blackcap

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Bush Blackcap

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

South Africa Lesotho Eswatini

About the Bush Blackcap

The bush blackcap is a species of bird in the family Sylviidae. It is endemic to South Africa and Eswatini. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

African Hill BabblerSylvia abyssinicaThe African hill babbler is an arboreal robin-like forest bird with a thin bill, bright reddish brown back and a contrasting grey head and nape.

Rwenzori Hill BabblerSylvia atricepsThe Rwenzori hill babbler is a species of passerine bird in the family Sylviidae that is found in Africa.

Abyssinian CatbirdSylvia galinieriThe Abyssinian catbird is a small-sized babbler.

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