#0688 · 🐦 birds

Common Nightingale

🇳🇱 Nachtegaal ·Luscinia megarhynchos

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The common nightingale or simply nightingale ( Luscinia megarhynchos ), also known as rufous nightingale , 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. It belongs to a group of more terrestrial species, often called chats.

base stats

NL sightings 180iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 18,082iNaturalist observations
weight 2.7 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).