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Bush Blackcap (Sylvia nigricapillus) :: xeno-canto

Bush Blackcap · Sylvia nigricapillus · (Vieillot, 1818)

Map Legend

Unclassified

  • No subspecies specified
  • In background of another recording

Credits

Ranges shown based on BirdLife International and NatureServe (2011), now curated and maintained by Xeno-canto.

Other Resources

Note: Xeno-canto follows the IOC taxonomy. External sites may use a different taxonomy.

Seasonal occurrence

  • Resident
  • Breeding
  • Non-breeding
  • Passage
  • Uncertain

20 foreground recordings and 1 background recordings of Sylvia nigricapillus . Total recording duration 13:46.

Results format:

Common name / Scientific Length Recordist Date Time Country Location Elev. (m) Type (predef. / other) Remarks Actions / Quality Cat.nr.
Bush Blackcap Sylvia nigricapillus 1:04 Frank Lambert 2019-11-11 05:44 South Africa Lower riverine plain, Sani Pass road, Mkhomazi Wilderness area, East Griqualand, KwaZulu-Natal1600song[sono]discuss icon
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XC518897
Bush Blackcap Sylvia nigricapillus 0:50 Frank Lambert 2019-11-11 05:42 South Africa Lower riverine plain, Sani Pass road, Mkhomazi Wilderness area, East Griqualand, KwaZulu-Natal1600song[sono]discuss icon
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XC518896
Bush Blackcap Sylvia nigricapillus 0:51 Frank Lambert 2019-11-11 05:40 South Africa Lower riverine plain, Sani Pass road, Mkhomazi Wilderness area, East Griqualand, KwaZulu-Natal1600song[sono]discuss icon
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XC518895
Bush Blackcap Sylvia nigricapillus 0:40 Raphaël Nussbaumer 2018-12-21 14:23 South Africa Dannhauser Municipality, Amajuba, KwaZulu-Natal1900song[sono]discuss icon
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XC459480
(?) Bush Blackcap Sylvia nigricapillus 0:44 Peter Boesman 2014-10-31 07:00 South Africa Oribi gorge, Kwazulu-Natalsong[sono]discuss icon
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XC280404
(?) Bush Blackcap Sylvia nigricapillus 0:26 Peter Boesman 2014-10-31 07:00 South Africa Oribi gorge, Kwazulu-Natalsong[sono]discuss icon
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XC280403
(?) Bush Blackcap Sylvia nigricapillus 0:38 Peter Boesman 2014-10-31 07:00 South Africa Oribi gorge, Kwazulu-Natalsong

ID under discussion. See the forum.

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XC280402
Bush Blackcap Sylvia nigricapillus 0:50 Peter Boesman 2014-10-28 07:00 South Africa Sani Pass road, Kwazulu-Natalsong[sono]discuss icon
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XC280401
Bush Blackcap Sylvia nigricapillus 0:56 Frank Lambert 2019-11-11 05:33 South Africa Lower riverine plain, Sani Pass road, Mkhomazi Wilderness area, East Griqualand, KwaZulu-Natal1600song[sono]discuss icon
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XC518898
Bush Blackcap Sylvia nigricapillus 0:20 Raphaël Nussbaumer 2018-12-21 14:16 South Africa Dannhauser Municipality, Amajuba, KwaZulu-Natal1900song

Also sunbird in backgroud. double banded? and others

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XC459479
Bush Blackcap Sylvia nigricapillus 0:44 Rick Nuttall 2003-12-27 06:00 South Africa Mbona Private Nature Reserve, Wartburg district, KwaZulu-Natal1300song

Single bird (same individual as in XC453249, XC453383, XC453384) uttering slightly different song phrases from canopy of 4 m tall tree at edge of mistbelt forest. Original recording analogue; converted to digital. Recording modified slightly, using high pass and low pass filtering, as well as slight amplification. Cicadas 'calling' in the background.

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XC453385
Bush Blackcap Sylvia nigricapillus 0:23 Rick Nuttall 2003-12-27 06:00 South Africa Mbona Private Nature Reserve, Wartburg district, KwaZulu-Natal1300song

Single bird (same individual as in XC453249, XC453383) uttering slightly different song phrases from canopy of 4 m tall tree at edge of mistbelt forest. Original recording analogue; converted to digital. Recording modified slightly, using high pass and low pass filtering, as well as slight amplification. Cicadas 'calling' in the background.

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XC453384
Bush Blackcap Sylvia nigricapillus 1:38 Rick Nuttall 2003-12-27 06:00 South Africa Mbona Private Nature Reserve, Wartburg district, KwaZulu-Natal1300song

Single bird (same individual as in XC453249) uttering slightly different song phrases from canopy of 4 m tall tree at edge of mistbelt forest. Original recording analogue; converted to digital. Recording modified slightly, using high pass and low pass filtering, as well as slight amplification. Cicadas 'calling' in the background.

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XC453383
Bush Blackcap Sylvia nigricapillus 0:48 Rick Nuttall 2003-12-27 06:00 South Africa Mbona Private Nature Reserve, Wartburg district, KwaZulu-Natal1300song

Single bird (same individual as in XC453383, XC453384 and XC453385) uttering song phrases from canopy 4 m tall tree at edge of mistbelt forest. Original recording analogue; converted to digital. Recording modified slightly, using high pass and low pass filtering, as well as slight amplification. Cicadas 'calling' in the background.

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XC453249
Bush Blackcap Sylvia nigricapillus 0:38 Murray Christian 2018-12-18 06:30 South Africa Clarens Conservancy, Clarens, Free State1900song

Bird singing from a densely wooded gully dominated by the small tree Leucosidea sericea, in a landscape of rocky, mountainous grassland.

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XC449469
Bush Blackcap Sylvia nigricapillus 0:26 Niall Perrins 2018-11-26 14:15 South Africa Volksrust, Eastvaal District Council, Mpumalanga1700call [also] [sono]discuss icon
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XC444667
Bush Blackcap Sylvia nigricapillus 0:26 Lynette Rudman 2015-08-22 08:30 South Africa Amahlathi Local Municipality, Amatole, Eastern Cape1200song

Bird seen and heard calling in a forest in the mountains in late winter.

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XC430807
Bush Blackcap Sylvia nigricapillus 0:32 Murray Christian 2018-01-06 19:30 South Africa Clarens Mountain Estate, Clarens, Free State2000alarm call

The Bush Blackcap is making the repeated, gruff 'burr' (e.g. at 00:05). There is also Cape Grassbird making its alarm call (as in XC397508), and a Cape Rock-thrush making an alarm call (a short, dry rattle that is audible at 00:28).

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XC399268
Bush Blackcap Sylvia nigricapillus 0:18 Murray Christian 2017-12-25 05:30 South Africa Clarens Mountain Estate, Clarens, Free State2000song

One of a pair of birds seen in short, scrubby forest dominated by trees in the genera Leucosidea, Rhus and Euclea. During the recording three bursts of song are given, from 00:01 - 00:04, 00:07 - 00:11 and shorter version from 00:15 - 00:16.

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XC397018
Bush Blackcap Sylvia nigricapillus 0:24 Faansie Peacock 2015-11-23 06:00 South Africa Monk's Cowl, Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal1500song

Distant bird singing from Leucosidea vegetation in camp site. Recording filtered to reduce noise of nearby stream.

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XC292868