Sylvia atricapilla
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Male has a sharply defined black cap that stops above the eye, leaving grey cheeks
Female and juvenile have a rufous-brown cap instead of black, with browner body
Body plain grey-olive with no markings, and the tail has no white edges unlike common whitethroat
Bill fine, straight and pointed; legs lead-grey
Eats elder, ivy and fig berries in autumn, staying inside bushes and rarely in the open
A scratchy warble that breaks into rich fluting notes; alarm a hard "tack tack"
