Sylvia atricapilla

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,620 meters (0 to 8,596 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.1     Forest - Boreal   
  
•     1.4     Forest - Temperate   
  
•     1.5     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     1.7     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level   
  
•     1.9     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane   
  
•     2     Savanna   
  
•     2.1     Savanna - Dry   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.5     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     3.8     Shrubland - Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.1     Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land   
  
•     14.3     Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations   
  
•     14.4     Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens   
  
•     14.5     Artificial/Terrestrial - Urban Areas   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Sylvia atricapilla (Linnaeus, 1758)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Similar Species

Members of the genus Sylvia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 39 species and subspecies in this genus:

S. althaea (Hume's Lesser Whitethroated) · S. atricapilla (Eurasian Blackcap) · S. atricapilla atricapilla (Eurasian Blackcap) · S. boehmi (Banded Parisoma) · S. borin (Garden Warbler) · S. borin borin (Garden Warbler) · S. buryi (Arabian Tit-Warbler) · S. cantillans (Subalpine Warbler) · S. cantillans cantillans (Subalpine Warbler) · S. communis (Common Whitethroated) · S. communis communis (Common Whitethroated) · S. conspicillata (Spectacled Warbler) · S. conspicillata conspicillata (Spectacled Warbler) · S. curruca (Lesser Whitethroated) · S. curruca curruca (Lesser Whitethroated) · S. deserticola (Tristram's Warbler) · S. deserticola deserticola (Tristram's Warbler) · S. hortensis (Western Orphean Warbler) · S. hortensis hortensis (Eastern Orphean Warbler) · S. layardi (Layard's Tit-Babbler) · S. leucomelaena (Arabian Warbler) · S. lugens (Brown Parisoma) · S. melanocephala (Sardinian Warbler) · S. melanocephala melanocephala (Sardinian Warbler) · S. melanothorax (Cyprus Warbler) · S. minula (Desert Lesser Whitethroat) · S. mystacea (Menetrie's Warbler) · S. mystacea mystacea (Mènéries's Warbler) · S. nana (Asian Desert Warbler) · S. nana nana (Asian Desert Warbler) · S. nisoria (European Barred Warbler) · S. nisoria nisoria (Barred Warbler) · S. rueppelli (Rüppell's Warbler) · S. sarda (Marmora’s Warbler) · S. sarda sarda (Marmora’s Warbler) · S. subcaerulea (Rufous-Vented Warbler) · S. subcaeruleum (Rufous-Vented Warbler) · S. undata (Dartford Warbler) · S. undata undata (Dartford Warbler)

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Further Reading

• ANIMALIA
• BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
• BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
• Dickinson, E. C. (2003a): The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, edition 3rd edition, Christopher Helm, London
• Jordans, A. von (1923b): Neue Vogelrassen von den Balearen - Falco 19, pp. [3-5]

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2009. Sylvia atricapilla. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 05February2012.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:

• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds
• Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
• The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility, Western Palearctic migrants in continental Africa
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Herts Bird Club - Hertfordshire Breeding Bird Atlas : 1988-1992

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6341
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-563183
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2481685
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 563183
• IUCN ID: 244480
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 152028

Footnotes

1. Mean = -82.820 meters (-271.719 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,315.900 based on 921 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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