Thrushes (Turdidae)
Thrush Nightingale (Luscinia luscinia) - HBW 10, p. 745
French: Rossignol progné
German: Sprosser
Spanish: Ruiseñor Ruso
Other common names: Eastern Nightingale, Sprosser
Taxonomy: Motacilla Luscinia Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden.
Genus has occasionally been merged into Erithacus. Hybridization with L. megarhynchos rare. Monotypic.
Distribution: N, C & E Europe E in narrow band to N Kazakhstan and upper R Yenisey, also Caucasus; non-breeding E & SE Africa.
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A male thrush nightingale showing untypically well in low bushes, singing like crazy. Locality Jakobsberg, Järfälla, Stockholm County, Sweden
Johan Wallin 16 May 2008 3 years ago 55 sec 4.8 -
A juvenile feeding in the grass Locality Dywidag Compound, Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia (Monotypic species)
Tom Tarrant 6 years ago 45 sec 4.3
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on a compost
Locality Yotvata, Arava Valley, Israel
Lior Kislev 3 May 2009 16 weeks ago 4.1 -
Seen in a tree just after sunrise
Locality Arakhiya Farm, Qatar
John A Thompson 20 May 2011 51 weeks ago 4 -
In a tree just after sunrise a rare visitor
Locality Arakhiya Farm, Qatar
John A Thompson 20 May 2011 51 weeks ago 4 -
In hand during Spring migration
Locality Antikythira Bird Observatory, Antikythira, Ionian Islands, Greece
Angelos Evangelidis 31 March 2009 19 weeks ago 3 -
adult male singing
Locality Biebrza Marshes, Podlaskie Province, Poland
Hervé MICHEL 1 May 2004 2 years ago 3
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Bird singing from a bush Locality Unteruckersee, Prenzlau, Brandenburg, Germany
Roland Bischoff 2 June 2011 49 weeks ago 5 -
luscinia luscinia singing Locality Bad Doberan, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Chris Romeiks 28 May 2011 51 weeks ago 4 -
Song of a migrant male Locality Zemi Valley, Cappadocia, Turkey
Stuart Fisher 27 April 2007 3 years ago 4
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