Nightingales and Allies
Luscinia
Luscinia is a genus of smallish passerine birds, containing the nightingales and relatives. Formerly classed as members of the thrush family Turdidae, they are now considered to be Old World flycatchers (Muscicapidae) of the chat subfamily (Saxicolinae). The chats are a lineage of Old World flycatchers that has evolved convergently to thrushes.
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species
Bluethroat
speciesLuscinia svecica
Common Nightingale
speciesLuscinia megarhynchos
Thrush Nightingale
speciesLuscinia luscinia
White-bellied Redstart
speciesLuscinia phaenicuroides
Luscinia luscinia × megarhynchos
hybridLuscinia luscinia × megarhynchos
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 13066.