Eurasian Blackcap
Sylvia atricapilla
Munken er en sanger i familien af spurvefugle. Den når en længde på 14 centimeter.
Field marks
Sleek, grey-olive with a light grey underside and one striking mark: the male’s black and the female’s rusty-brown .
Can be confused with
- Garden Warbler — Garden Warbler has no cap and no markings at all; its song resembles the Blackcap’s but is slightly lower and mellower, without the loud closing crescendo.
Voice
The song is rich, musical fluting, often finishing in a loud, clear crescendo. Calls with a hard "tac-tac", as if two stones were knocked together.
Facts
Wingspan
23 cm
Conservation status
ikke truet
Family
sylviid warblers
Sylviidae
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- Danmarks Fugle at the Danish Ornithological Society (in Danish)
- Wikipedia (in Danish)The description above is from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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