Passeriformes · Muscicapidae
Common nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1831
A plain brown bird of thickets and riverbanks, famous for its powerful and highly varied song.
Data
- Length
- 15–16 cm
- Wingspan
- 23–26 cm
- Weight
- 17–27 g
- Global IUCN
- Least concern (LC)
- Protection in Spain
- Special protection
Approximate measurements.
Curiosity
It does not only sing at night, but it is heard best then, in the surrounding quiet.
Records by month
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319,925 records in Spain
Where it has been recorded
Communities with enough GBIF records: these show observations, not breeding ranges.
AndalusiaCataloniaCastile and LeónCommunity of MadridAragonExtremaduraCastilla-La ManchaValencian CommunityBalearic IslandsNavarreRegion of MurciaBasque CountryLa RiojaGaliciaAsturiasCantabriaCanary IslandsCeutaMelilla