Thrush Nightingale

Luscinia luscinia (Linnaeus, 1758) FN THRNI 11030
Family: Passeriformes > Muscicapidae

Thrush Nightingale, Yoav Perlman

The Thrush Nightingale's breeding distribution sits to the east of that of the Common Nightingale, and extends further to north.

This is a scarce visitor to Britain, with roughly two-thirds of the records coming from Scotland, where it tends to be a spring bird.

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  • Breeding
  • Winter
Accidental

SEASONALITY

508 records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
508 records

BTO RECORDS

Accidental

SEASONALITY

508 records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
508 records

BTO RECORDS

Identification

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Status and Trends

Population size and trends and patterns of distribution based on BTO surveys and atlases with data collected by BTO volunteers.

CONSERVATION STATUS

This species can be found on the following statutory and conservation listings and schedules.

POPULATION SIZE

We have no population estimates for this scarce species.

DISTRIBUTION

This species is a rare vagrant and was recorded during Bird Atlas 2007–11 as shown on the map.

Thrush Nightingale breeding distribution 2008-11
Britain and Ireland Breeding Distribution 2008-2011.
More from the Atlas Mapstore.

Occupied 10-km squares in UK

European Distribution Map

European Breeding Bird Atlas 2

Movement

Information about movement and migration based on online bird portals (e.g. BirdTrack), Ringing schemes and tracking studies.

RINGING RECOVERIES

View a summary of recoveries in the Online Ringing Report.

Foreign locations of birds ringed or recovered in Britain & Ireland

Foreign locations of Thrush Nightingale ringed or recovered in Britain & Ireland
Encountered in: Winter (Nov-Feb); Spring (Mar-Apr); Summer (May-Jul); Autumn (Aug-Oct)

Biology

Lifecycle and body size information about Thrush Nightingale, including statistics on nesting, eggs and lifespan based on BTO ringing and nest recording data.

PRODUCTIVITY & NESTING

Sample sizes are too small to report Productivity and Nesting statistics for this species.

BIOMETRICS

Sample sizes are too small to report Biometrics for this species.

Feather measurements and photos on featherbase

CODES & CLASSIFICATION

For information in another language (where available) click on a linked name

Welsh: Eos Fraith
Catalan: rossinyol rus
Czech: slavík tmavý
Danish: Nattergal
Dutch: Noordse Nachtegaal
Estonian: ööbik
Finnish: satakieli
French: Rossignol progné
German: Sprosser
Hungarian: nagy fülemüle
Icelandic: Húmgali
Irish: Filiméala Smólaigh
Italian: Usignolo maggiore
Latvian: lakstigala
Lithuanian: rytine lakštingala
Norwegian: Nattergal
Polish: slowik szary
Portuguese: rouxinol-oriental
Slovak: slávik velký
Slovenian: veliki slavec
Spanish: Ruiseñor ruso
Swedish: näktergal

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