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Eurasian blackcap
Sylvia atricapilla · Family Sylviidae
Sylvia atricapilla
Family Sylviidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Sylviidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 6,481,276
- Countries and territories with records
- 116
About this species
This species has 6,481,276 occurrence records from 116 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Spain (19.6%), France (19%), Sweden (11.5%), the Netherlands (10.1%) and the United Kingdom (7.2%); together they account for 67.5% of the total. In Spain, this species accounts for 2.4% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Sylvia atricapilla combines the genus name Sylvia with the species epithet atricapilla. The Warbla app catalog lists 7 species of the genus Sylvia; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Sylvia borin, Sylvia abyssinica and Sylvia atriceps.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 68 species of the family Sylviidae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 29.8 times the family average (217,780). The family Sylviidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.