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Blackcap

Sylvia atricapilla

Photo by Bernadette S
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Field Notes

Description:

"It has mainly olive-grey upperparts and pale grey underparts, and differences between the five subspecies are small. Both sexes have a neat coloured cap to the head, black in the male and reddish-brown in the female." ~wiki

Habitat:

in a tamarisk tree in a desert mountain wadi with a lot of vegetation

Reference Links:

Eurasian Blackcap

Species ID Suggestions

Eurasian Blackcap (female)

Sylvia atricapilla

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DanielePralong
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Comments (2)
Bernadette S
Thanks so much for the ID, Daniele! Confirmed that they do pass through Sinai. :-)
DanielePralong
Hi Bernadette! Maybe a female Eurasian blackcap? They visit Egypt in the winter, but I'm not sure about the Sinai.

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PublishedApril 30, 2014

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