Thrush nightingale

species of bird

The thrush nightingale (Luscinia luscinia) is a bird from Europe and Asia. It used to be considered a thrush, but is now considered to be an Old World flycatcher.[1]

Male above, child below.
Luscinia luscinia

References change

  1. Sangster, George; Alström, Per; Forsmark, Emma; Olsson, Urban (2010). "Multi-locus phylogenetic analysis of Old World chats and flycatchers reveals extensive paraphyly at family, subfamily and genus level (Aves: Muscicapidae)" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 57 (1): 380–392. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.07.008. PMID 20656044.