| Common nightingale | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Luscinia |
| Species: | L. megarhynchos
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| Binomial name | |
| Luscinia megarhynchos Brehm, 1831
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| Range of L. megarhynchos Breeding Non-breeding
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The common nightingale, rufous nightingale or simply nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos), is a small passerine bird which is best known for its powerful and beautiful song. It was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae.[2] It belongs to a group of more terrestrial species, often called chats.
- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Luscinia megarhynchos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22709696A111760622. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22709696A111760622.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ George Sangster, Per Alström, Emma Forsmark, Urban Olsson. Multi-locus phylogenetic analysis of Old World chats and flycatchers reveals extensive paraphyly at family, subfamily and genus level (Aves: Muscicapidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57 (2010) 380–392