Bush Blackcap
Sylvia nigricapillus(Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
English (US) Bush Blackcap
The Bush Blackcap (Sylvia nigricapillus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Sylviidae (Sylviid Warblers and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: eastern South Africa (southward to central Eastern Cape) and western EswatiniRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Sylvia nigricapillus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Bush Blackcap
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Turdus nigricapillus
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
- Type locality
- the south of Africa; restricted to the forests of Bruintjes Hoogte, near Somerset East, Cape Province, ex Levaillant.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 20 p.256
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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