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| Ole Thorsen | profile | all galleries >> Birds and other animals (updated:2014-10-06) >> Garden & Forest Birds - One gallery for each bird (updated:2014-10-06) >> Blackcap (Munk / Sylvia atricapilla) (updated:2007-04-23) | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
| The Blackcap L 13,5-15cm (5.3-5.9") breeds in wet or shady woodland with dense ground vegetation and in exuberant parks. Nesting in low bushes or similar. Characterised as a rugged and large warbler build like a Garden Warbler, but slightly slimmer. The male's back is greyish and the breast is light olive grey with a plain grey tail, and the male has a black cap. Juveniles and females have a chestnut cap. The female has a olive back, a greyish breast and crème abdomen. The cap reach down to the upper edge of the eyes. The bill and tarsus is plain grey. |
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| Sc | Sylvia atricapilla | ||||
| En | Blackcap | ||||
| Da | Munk | ||||
| No | Munk | ||||
| Sv | Svarthätta | ||||
| De | Mönchgrasmücke | ||||
| Fr | Fauvette tête noire | ||||
| Es | Curruca capirotada | ||||
| It | Capinera | ||||
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