Bush blackcap

Bush blackcap
At Giants Castle Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sylviidae
Genus: Lioptilus
Bonaparte, 1850
Species: L. nigricapillus
Binomial name
Lioptilus nigricapillus
(Vieillot, 1818)

The bush blackcap (Lioptilus nigricapillus) is a species of bird in the Sylviidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Lioptilus.[2] It is found in 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]

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