_Sylvia atricapilla_ male · Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

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Common name: Eurasian Blackcap
Scientific name: _Sylvia atricapilla_

The Eurasian blackcap — _Sylvia atricapilla_ — is one of Europe’s finest songsters, sometimes called the “northern nightingale” for the quality and richness of its song. The male is unmistakable: plain grey-brown above, pale grey below, crowned with a jet-black cap.…