1. Small brownish-grey warbler with a black crown
   "The male blackcap's distinctive cap made it easy to identify";
   - Sylvia atricapilla
    
2. Chickadee having a dark crown
   "The blackcap darted between the winter feeders";
   - black-capped chickadee, Parus atricapillus
    
3. Small black-headed European gull
   "The blackcap's distinctive call echoed across the harbour";
   - laughing gull, pewit, pewit gull, Larus ridibundus
    
4. Raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit
   "The children's fingers were stained purple from picking blackcaps";
   - black raspberry, blackcap raspberry, thimbleberry, Rubus occidentalis

Derived forms: blackcaps

Type of: chickadee, gull, Old World warbler, raspberry, raspberry bush, sea gull, seagull, true warbler

Part of: genus Larus, genus Silvia, Larus, Silvia

Encyclopedia: Blackcap, East Sussex