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Where does the Eurasian Blackcap live?

Sylvia atricapilla has 6,460,138 records in 116 countries and territories, from 1800 to 2026. Most records come from Spain.

Eurasian Blackcap
Eurasian Blackcap — Charles J. Sharp / CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesPasseriformesSylviidaeSylvia

When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Spain 1,270,426
France 1,231,871
Sweden 744,060
Netherlands 650,191
United Kingdom 468,199
Germany 293,495
Denmark 290,314
Portugal 273,627
Norway 225,501
Belgium 213,344
Luxembourg 102,764
Poland 94,516
Finland 80,269
Italy 75,295
Israel 67,812
Czechia 52,585
Austria 47,988
Switzerland 36,667
Russia 25,210
Ireland 18,757
Greece 18,213
Estonia 16,807
Türkiye 16,713
Åland Islands 12,742
Bulgaria 12,235
Ukraine 11,701
Croatia 11,460
Hungary 11,205
Slovakia 9,301
Serbia 8,714
Slovenia 6,112
Morocco 5,914
Palestine 5,144
Cyprus 4,960
Isle of Man 4,234
Romania 3,450
Kenya 3,236
Lithuania 3,220
Georgia 2,628
Belarus 2,221

Showing the top 40 of 116 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.