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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.

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Jul 20, 2026
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Length
174 w
Citations
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Source
Bush blackcap
At Giant's Castle Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sylviidae
Genus: Sylvia
Species:
S. nigricapillus
Binomial name
Sylvia nigricapillus
(Vieillot, 1818) 2
Synonyms
  • Turdus nigri capillus (protonym)
  • Lioptilus nigricapillus
  • Alcippe nigricapillus

The bush blackcap (Sylvia nigricapillus) 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.1

Immature bush blackcap source ↗
References

References

  1. BirdLife International (2017). "Sylvia nigricapillus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017 e.T22716650A118400733. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22716650A118400733.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Vieillot, 1818. Turdus nigri capillus (protonym). Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., nouv. éd., 20, p. 256. BHL
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