Eurasian blackcap: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Eurasian blackcap lives – recorded in 71 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Sylvia atricapilla
Group	Songbirds & perching birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	71 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe
Mass	2.19 g (birth weight); 18.1 g (adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Sylviidae

Where does the Eurasian blackcap live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Eurasian blackcap in 71 countries and territories across Africa, Asia and Europe. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is an Eurasian blackcap?

Wikidata records the following for the Eurasian blackcap: mass 2.19 g (birth weight); 18.1 g (adult weight).

Is the Eurasian blackcap endangered?

The Eurasian blackcap’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Eurasian blackcap?

The Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) is a bird in the order Passeriformes and the family Sylviidae, genus Sylvia. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Eurasian blackcap

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. The male's typical song is a rich musical warbling, often ending in a loud high-pitched crescendo, but a simpler song is given in some isolated areas, such as valleys in the Alps. The blackcap's closest relative is the garden warbler, which looks quite different but has a similar song.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Eurasian blackcap (revision 1359675334), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q188446 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).