Thrush Nightingale

Luscinia luscinia (Linnaeus, 1758)

Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Thrush Nightingale, Luscinia luscinia, is a passerine of the Palearctic, breeding from northern and central Europe to central Russia and spending the non-breeding season in south-eastern Africa. It belongs to the Muscicapidae, the chats and Old World flycatchers. A migratory forest bird, it is most often associated with dense undergrowth near the ground. It is closely related to the common nightingale and looks very similar, but its plumage is greyer overall and lacks the obvious rufous patches on the tail sides seen in that species.

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
Breeding range: Palearctic: n, c Europe to c Russia
Nonbreeding range: se AF