Blackcap Definition

blăkkăp
noun
A small warbler (Sylvia atricapilla) of Eurasia and Africa, the male of which is gray with a black crown.
American Heritage
Any of various small passerine birds with a black crown, esp. a chickadee (Parus atricapillus) and a European warbler (Sylvia atricapilla)
Webster's New World
Any of various other black-crowned birds, such as the chickadee.
American Heritage

Black raspberry.

Webster's New World

A small Old World warbler, Sylvia atricapilla, which is mainly grey with a black crown.

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Noun

Singular:
blackcap
Plural:
blackcaps

Blackcap Sentence Examples

  • Also on the 3 rd a male blackcap was singing in Lower Moors.

  • The name mocking-bird, or more frequently mock-nightingale, is in England occasionally given to some of the warblers (q.v.), especially the blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), and the sedge-bird (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus).

  • Among the birds of the island are the eagle, hawk, petrel, owl, finch, peewit, diamond bird, fire-tail, robin, emu-wren, crow, swallow, magpie, blackcap, goatsucker, quail, ground dove, parrot, lark, mountain thrush, cuckoo, wattlebird, whistling duck, honeybird, Cape Barren goose, penguin duck, waterhen, snipe, albatross and laughing jackass.

  • Between these two surveys the number of wintering blackcap showed a substantial increase.

  • Blackbird Few seen blackcap Few seen Lesser whitethroat Reasonably common near the coast.

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