Blackcap
Sylvia atricapilla
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilySylviidae (Sylviid Warblers and Allies)
- GenusSylvia
- SpeciesSylvia atricapilla (Blackcap)
Closest Relatives at Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Banded Warbler
Sylvia boehmi
Brown Warbler
Sylvia lugens
Whitethroat
Sylvia communis
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borin
Barred Warbler
Sylvia nisoria
Pseudoalcippe abyssinica
Pseudoalcippe abyssinica
Superb Starling
Lamprotornis superbus
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Rufous-tailed Weaver
Histurgops ruficauda
Baglafecht Weaver
Ploceus baglafecht
Northern Fiscal
Lanius humeralis
Hildebrandt's Starling
Lamprotornis hildebrandti
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Blackcap in Ngorongoro Conservation Area?
About 3% of visitor-days record a Blackcap sighting in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, based on 73 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Blackcap in Ngorongoro Conservation Area?
November has the highest sighting rate for Blackcap in Ngorongoro Conservation Area in our monthly data.