Thrushes (Turdidae)
Common Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) - HBW 10, p. 746
French: Rossignol philomèle
German: Nachtigall
Spanish: Ruiseñor Común
Other common names: (Rufous/Western) Nightingale
Taxonomy: Luscinia megarhynchos C. L. Brehm, 1831, Germany.
Genus has occasionally been merged into Erithacus. Hybridization with L. luscinia rare. Geographical variation partially clinal, from darker, shorter-winged and shorter-tailed in W to paler, longer-winged and longer-tailed in E. Additional races have been suggested, but generally considered untenable; corsa, luscinioides, caligiformes, tauridae and baehrmanni all synonymized with nominate. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- megarhynchos C. L. Brehm, 1831 - NW Africa, W & C Europe E to C Turkey and Levant; non-breeding Africa.
- africana (G. A. Fischer & Reichenow, 1884) - Caucasus area and E Turkey E to N & SW Iran; non-breeding NE & E Africa.
- hafizi Severtsov, 1873 - E Iran E to Kazakhstan, SW Mongolia, NW China (W Xinjiang) and Afghanistan; non-breeding E Africa.
- Least Concern
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An adult at a feeder, eating mealworms and collecting several to bring to the chicks Lynx Garden, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ssp megarhynchos)
Josep del Hoyo 11 June 2005 4 years ago 38 sec 4.8 -
A close-up of a juvenile Cobeña, Madrid, Spain
Javier Ortas 6 June 2005 1 year ago 30 sec 4.7 -
An adult on the ground Cobeña, Madrid, Spain
Javier Ortas 6 June 2005 1 year ago 27 sec 4.5 -
An adult at a feeder eating a mealworm and collecting several to bring to the nest Lynx Garden, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ssp megarhynchos)
Josep del Hoyo 11 June 2005 5 years ago 50 sec 4.5 -
An adult eating mealworms at a feeder and collecting several to bring to the chicks Lynx Garden, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ssp megarhynchos)
Josep del Hoyo 11 June 2005 4 years ago 28 sec 4.4 -
A chick which has just left the nest Tudela de Duero, Valladolid, Castile and Leon, Spain
Juan Sanabria 1 August 2008 1 year ago 26 sec 4.3
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A juvenile bird in the hand. Valldoreix, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp megarhynchos)
Alberto Soria 12 September 1991 38 weeks ago 3.8 -
first winter Ouessant (Ushant) island, Finistère, Bretagne, France
AurélienAudevard 8 September 2009 37 weeks ago 3.7 -
first winter Ouessant (Ushant) island, Finistère, Bretagne, France
AurélienAudevard 8 September 2009 37 weeks ago 3.7 -
An adult bird in the ground. Madrid, Spain
Pedro Ortega Pinil... 5 January 2008 1 year ago 3.6 -
Adult male on a exposed singing post (another male was singing a few metres away). Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France (ssp megarhynchos)
Alain Fossé 25 May 2009 1 year ago 3.6 -
A juvenile bird in the hand. Valldoreix, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp megarhynchos)
Alberto Soria 12 September 1991 38 weeks ago 3
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Song contest of 3 Nightingales Burgenland State, Austria
Fabienne Muriset 29 April 2010 18 weeks ago 4.7 -
Singing male Zemi Valley, Cappadocia, Turkey
(ssp megarhynchos)
Stuart Fisher 27 April 2007 1 year ago 4.7 -
Song of a male Zemi Valley, Cappadocia, Turkey
(ssp megarhynchos)
Stuart Fisher 27 April 2007 1 year ago 4.6 -
song, part 2 Lampertheim, Hesse, Germany
(ssp megarhynchos)
Claus Fischer 30 April 2010 18 weeks ago 4.5 -
Song of a male. Lampertheim, Hesse, Germany
Claus Fischer 23 May 2010 15 weeks ago 4 -
A male singing. Lampertheim, Hesse, Germany
Claus Fischer 23 May 2010 15 weeks ago 4
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