Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (44)
- Monotypic
Nigel Collar
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 9, 2014
Text last updated June 9, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Lysternagtegaal |
| Arabic | العندليب |
| Armenian | Սովորական սոխակ |
| Azerbaijani | Adi bülbül |
| Basque | Ipar-urretxindorra |
| Bulgarian | Северен славей |
| Catalan | rossinyol de Rússia |
| Chinese (SIM) | 欧歌鸲 |
| Croatian | mrki slavuj |
| Czech | slavík tmavý |
| Danish | Nattergal |
| Dutch | Noordse nachtegaal |
| English | Thrush Nightingale |
| English (United States) | Thrush Nightingale |
| Estonian | ööbik |
| Faroese | Náttargali |
| Finnish | satakieli |
| French | Rossignol progné |
| French (Canada) | Rossignol progné |
| Georgian | აღმოსავლური ბულბული |
| German | Sprosser |
| Greek | Τσιχλαηδόνι |
| Hebrew | זמיר מנומר |
| Hungarian | Nagy fülemüle |
| Icelandic | Húmgali |
| Italian | Usignolo maggiore |
| Japanese | ヤブサヨナキドリ |
| Latvian | Lakstīgala |
| Lithuanian | Rytinė lakštingala |
| Norwegian | nattergal |
| Persian | بلبل خالدار |
| Polish | słowik szary |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Rouxinol-oriental |
| Romanian | Privighetoare de zăvoi |
| Russian | Обыкновенный соловей |
| Serbian | Veliki slavuj |
| Slovak | slávik veľký |
| Slovenian | Veliki slavec |
| Spanish | Ruiseñor Ruso |
| Spanish (Spain) | Ruiseñor ruso |
| Swedish | näktergal |
| Turkish | Benekli Bülbül |
| Ukrainian | Соловейко східний |
| Zulu | unongomabusuku |
Luscinia luscinia (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Motacilla Luscinia
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.184.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'Europae frondosis'; restricted to Sweden by Hartert, 1910, Vog. pal. Fauna, 1, p. 736.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- LUSCINIA
- luscinia
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 Thrush Nightingale
