Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (46)
- Subspecies (3)
Nigel Collar and David Christie
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 13, 2013
Text last updated January 13, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Bilbili |
| Arabic | هزار شائع |
| Armenian | Հարավային սոխակ |
| Asturian | Reiseñor común |
| Azerbaijani | Cənub bülbülü |
| Basque | Urretxindor arrunta |
| Bulgarian | Южен славей |
| Catalan | rossinyol comú |
| Chinese (SIM) | 新疆歌鸲 |
| Croatian | slavuj |
| Czech | slavík obecný |
| Danish | Sydlig Nattergal |
| Dutch | Nachtegaal |
| English | Common Nightingale |
| English (United States) | Common Nightingale |
| Estonian | lõunaööbik |
| Faroese | Suðurnáttargali |
| Finnish | etelänsatakieli |
| French | Rossignol philomèle |
| French (Canada) | Rossignol philomèle |
| Galician | Rousinol común |
| Georgian | ჩვეულებრივი ბულბული |
| German | Nachtigall |
| Greek | (Κοινό) Αηδόνι |
| Hebrew | זמיר הירדן |
| Hungarian | Fülemüle |
| Icelandic | Næturgali |
| Italian | Usignolo |
| Japanese | サヨナキドリ |
| Latvian | Rietumu lakstīgala |
| Lithuanian | Vakarinė lakštingala |
| Mongolian | Зулбаран гургалдай |
| Norwegian | sørnattergal |
| Persian | بلبل معمولی |
| Polish | słowik rdzawy |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Rouxinol |
| Romanian | Privighetoare roșcată |
| Russian | Южный соловей |
| Serbian | Mali slavuj |
| Slovak | slávik obyčajný |
| Slovenian | Slavec |
| Spanish | Ruiseñor Común |
| Spanish (Spain) | Ruiseñor común |
| Swedish | sydnäktergal |
| Turkish | Bülbül |
| Ukrainian | Соловейко західний |
Luscinia megarhynchos Brehm, 1831
PROTONYM:
Luscinia megarhynchos
Brehm, 1831. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte aller Vögel Deutschlands, p.356.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Germany.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- LUSCINIA
- luscinia
- megarhyncha / megarhynchos / megarhynchus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Common Nightingale
