Thrush Nightingale

Thrush Nightingale
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Muscicapidae
Genus:	Luscinia
Species:	L. luscinia
Binomial name
Luscinia luscinia (Linnaeus, 1758)

The Thrush Nightingale, Luscinia luscinia (formerly colloquially known as Sprosser), is a small passerine bird that 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, and similar small European species, are often called chats.

It is a migratory insectivorous species breeding in forest in Europe and Asia. The distribution is more northerly than the very closely related Nightingale, Luscinia megarhynchos. It nests low in dense bushes. It winters in Africa.

The Thrush Nightingale is similar in size to the European Robin. It is plain grey brown above and grey to white below. Its greyer tones, giving a cloudy appearance to the underside, and lack of the Nightingale's obvious red tail side patches are the clearest plumage differences from that species. Sexes are similar.

The male's  song (help·info) is loud, with range of whistles, trills and clicks. It does not have the Nightingale's loud whistling crescendo.

References

• BirdLife International (2004). Luscinia luscinia. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

External links

• Avibase

This article about an Old World flycatcher is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: IUCN Red List least concern species Muscicapidae stubs Luscinia Birds of Europe Birds of Turkey Birds of Palestine Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая? Ryukyu Robin Nightingale Look at other dictionaries: Thrush nightingale — Thrush Thrush, n. [OE. [thorn]rusche, AS. [thorn]rysce; akin to OHG. drosca, droscea, droscela, and E. throstle. Cf. {Throstle}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of singing birds belonging to {Turdus} and allied genera. They are noted… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English Thrush Nightingale — lakštingala statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Luscinia Luscinia angl. Thrush Nightingale vok. Sprosser …   Paukščių anatomijos terminai thrush nightingale — rytinė lakštingala statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Luscinia luscinia angl. thrush nightingale vok. Sprosser, m rus. восточный соловей, m; обыкновенный соловей, m; соловей, m pranc. rossignol progné, m ryšiai: platesnis… …   Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas thrush nightingale — noun large nightingale of eastern Europe • Syn: ↑Luscinia luscinia • Hypernyms: ↑thrush • Member Holonyms: ↑Luscinia, ↑genus Luscinia * * * noun : a large nightingale ( …   Useful english dictionary thrush nightingale — noun A small passerine bird related to nightingale, Luscinia luscinia. Syn: sprosser …   Wiktionary Thrush — Thrush, n. [OE. [thorn]rusche, AS. [thorn]rysce; akin to OHG. drosca, droscea, droscela, and E. throstle. Cf. {Throstle}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of singing birds belonging to {Turdus} and allied genera. They are noted for the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English Thrush tit — Thrush Thrush, n. [OE. [thorn]rusche, AS. [thorn]rysce; akin to OHG. drosca, droscea, droscela, and E. throstle. Cf. {Throstle}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of singing birds belonging to {Turdus} and allied genera. They are noted… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English Thrush — may refer to:Birds* Thrush (bird), any of the many birds in the Turdidae (thrush) family * Antthrush, any of a group of birds within the Formicariidae family * Dohrn s Thrush babbler ( Horizorhinus dohrni ), a species of bird in the Timalidae… …   Wikipedia Nightingale — Night in*gale, n. [OE. nihtegale,nightingale, AS. nihtegale; niht night + galan to sing, akin to E. yell; cf. D. nachtegaal, OS. nahtigala, OHG. nahtigala, G. nachtigall, Sw. n[ a]ktergal, Dan. nattergal. See {Night}, and {Yell}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English Nightingale — This article is about the bird. For other uses, see Nightingale (disambiguation). Nightingale …   Wikipedia 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”