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Common Nightingale

Luscinia megarhynchos

Classification

Class
Aves

The common nightingale, rufous nightingale or simply nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos), is a small passerine bird which is best known for its powerful and beautiful song. An Old World flycatcher, it belongs to a group of more terrestrial species, often called chats. Its range partly overlaps with that of the more northerly thrush nightingale (Luscinia luscinia), a closely related species with which hybrids have occurred.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Spain · 144,576France · 114,033Netherlands · 67,229Germany · 38,490Italy · 9,008United Kingdom · 7,957Switzerland · 3,278Belgium · 1,482Luxembourg · 1,308