| NOUN | a common nightingale | common nightingales |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
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- A large molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010 found that the white-bellied redstart formed part of a clade that included the common nightingale.
- The type species is the common nightingale ("Luscinia megarhynchos").
- The common nightingale is a songbird found in Eurasia.
- The genus name "Luscinia" is Latin for the common nightingale.
- The common nightingale, rufous nightingale or simply nightingale ("Luscinia megarhynchos"), is a small passerine bird best known for its powerful and beautiful song.
- The genus "Erithacus" was formerly classified as a member of the thrush family (Turdidae) but is now considered to belong to the Old World flycatcher family (Muscicapidae), specifically to the chats (subfamily Saxicolinae) which also include the common nightingale.
- Regarding bird life, researchers highlight the presence of European robin (Erithacus rubecula), a species which normally doesn’t nest in urban areas, common nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) and peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), which flies above the woodland for trophic reasons.
- The bird skins donated included the "first records of some species in the Firth of Forth, as well as the first Pied Wheatear found in Britain and the first Common Nightingale and Melodious Warbler in Scotland".
- Extremely rare species including common nightingale, turtle doves, peregrine falcons and purple emperor butterflies are now breeding at Knepp and populations of more common species are increasing.
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