Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Swartkroonsanger |
| Albanian | Bilbilthi kokëzi |
| Arabic | هازجة مقلنسة اوراسية |
| Armenian | Սևագլուխ շահրիկ |
| Asturian | Papuda de boina |
| Azerbaijani | Qarabaş silvi |
| Basque | Txinbo kaskabeltza |
| Bulgarian | Голямо черноглаво коприварче |
| Catalan | tallarol de casquet |
| Chinese (SIM) | 黑顶林莺 |
| Croatian | crnokapa grmuša |
| Czech | pěnice černohlavá |
| Danish | Munk |
| Dutch | Zwartkop |
| English | Eurasian Blackcap |
| English (AVI) | Eurasian Blackcap |
| English (Kenya) | Blackcap |
| English (United States) | Eurasian Blackcap |
| Estonian | mustpea-põõsalind |
| Faroese | Munkur |
| Finnish | mustapääkerttu |
| French | Fauvette à tête noire |
| French (Canada) | Fauvette à tête noire |
| Galician | Papuxa das amoras |
| Georgian | შავთავა ასპუჭაკა |
| German | Mönchsgrasmücke |
| Greek | Μαυροσκούφης |
| Hebrew | סבכי שחור-כיפה |
| Hungarian | Barátposzáta |
| Icelandic | Hettusöngvari |
| Italian | Capinera |
| Japanese | ズグロムシクイ |
| Kazakh | Қарабас сандуғаш |
| Latvian | Melngalvas ķauķis |
| Lithuanian | Juodagalvė devynbalsė |
| Malayalam | തൊപ്പിക്കുരുവി |
| Mongolian | Халимагт зэржгэнэ |
| Norwegian | munk |
| Persian | سسک سرسیاه |
| Polish | kapturka |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Toutinegra-de-barrete |
| Portuguese (RAA) | Toutinegra |
| Portuguese (RAM) | Toutinegra |
| Romanian | Silvie cu cap negru |
| Russian | Черноголовая славка |
| Serbian | Crnoglava grmuša |
| Slovak | penica čiernohlavá |
| Slovenian | Črnoglavka |
| Spanish | Curruca Capirotada |
| Spanish (Spain) | Curruca capirotada |
| Swedish | svarthätta |
| Turkish | Kara Başlı Ötleğen |
| Ukrainian | Кропив’янка чорноголова |
| Zulu | unosigqokomnyama waseYurobhu |
Revision Notes
Yoav Perlman wrote the Introduction.
Sylvia atricapilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Definitions
- SYLVIA
- sylvia
- atricapilla
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Scientific name definitions
Version: 1.1 — Published August 29, 2025
Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.1
- Partial Revision
- August 29, 2025
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
Authors
Raül Aymí, Gabriel Gargallo, David Christie, and Yoav Perlman
Revisors
Yoav Perlman
Recommended Citation
Aymí, R., G. Gargallo, D. A. Christie, and Y. Perlman (2025). Eurasian Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), version 1.1. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, E. de Juana, and B. K. Keeney, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.blackc1.01.1
Revision Notes
Yoav Perlman wrote the Introduction.
-
Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
Authors
Raül Aymí, Gabriel Gargallo, and David Christie
Recommended Citation
Aymí, R., G. Gargallo, and D. A. Christie (2020). Eurasian Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.blackc1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- August 3, 2016
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
Authors
Raül Aymí, Gabriel Gargallo, and David Christie
Revisors
David Christie
Recommended Citation
Aymí, R., G. Gargallo, and D. A. Christie (2016). Eurasian Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
