Bush blackcap
| Bush blackcap | |
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| At Giant's Castle Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Sylviidae |
| Genus: | Lioptilus Bonaparte, 1850 |
| Species: | L. nigricapillus
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| Binomial name | |
| Lioptilus nigricapillus (Vieillot, 1818)
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The bush blackcap (Lioptilus nigricapillus) is a species of bird in the family Sylviidae. It is monotypic within the genus Lioptilus.[2] It is endemic to South Africa and Swaziland. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lioptilus nigricapillus.
- ^ a b BirdLife International. 2017. Sylvia nigricapillus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T22716650A118400733. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22716650A118400733.en. Downloaded on 02 January 2019.
- ^ "ITIS Report: Lioptilus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2007). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-84-96553-42-2
External links
- Bush blackcap - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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