Common nightingale
| Common nightingale | |
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| Song | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Luscinia |
| Species: | L. megarhynchos
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| Binomial name | |
| Luscinia megarhynchos Brehm, 1831
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| Range of L. megarhynchos Breeding Non-breeding
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| Synonyms | |
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Luscinia aedon Forster, 1817 | |
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.