Common nightingale
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"Nightingale" redirects here. For other uses, see Nightingale (disambiguation).
The common nightingale, rufous nightingale or simply nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos), is a small passerine bird best known for its powerful and beautiful song. It was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae.[2] It belongs to a group of more terrestrial species, often called chats.
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Common nightingale | |
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Song | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Muscicapidae |
Genus: | Luscinia |
Species: | L. megarhynchos |
Binomial name | |
Luscinia megarhynchos Brehm, 1831 | |
Range of L. megarhynchos Breeding Non-breeding |
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