Bush blackcap

Bush blackcap
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	At Giant's Castle Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Conservation status
	Vulnerable; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Sylviidae
Genus:	Sylvia
Species:	S. nigricapillus
Binomial name
	Sylvia nigricapillus; (Vieillot, 1818)
Synonyms
	Turdus nigri capillus (protonym); Lioptilus nigricapillus; Alcippe nigricapillus;

The bush blackcap (Sylvia nigricapillus) is a species of bird in the family Sylviidae. It is endemic to South Africa and Eswatini. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.^[1]

Immature bush blackcap

References

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