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title: "Słowik rdzawy"
description: "Luscinia megarhynchos — Ptaki. The common nightingale, rufous nightingale or simply nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos), is a small passerine bird which is known for its powerful and beautiful song, often described as one of the most beautiful sounds in nature."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/common-nightingale
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Słowik rdzawy

> Luscinia megarhynchos — Ptaki. The common nightingale, rufous nightingale or simply nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos), is a small passerine bird which is known for its powerful and beautiful song, often described as one of the most beautiful sounds in nature.

- Scientific name: *Luscinia megarhynchos*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 17999
- Wikidata: [Q25393](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25393)
- iNaturalist taxon: [13079](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13079)

## Names

- en: Common Nightingale
- de: Nachtigall
- es: Ruiseñor común
- fr: Rossignol philomèle
- pt: Rouxinol
- pl: Słowik rdzawy

## Countries with the most observations

ES (2703), DE (2304), FR (1831), IT (1313), PT (557), CZ (406), AT (351), GB (317), CH (272), RU (224), GR (200), NL (180)

## Summary

The common nightingale, rufous nightingale or simply nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos), is a small passerine bird which is known for its powerful and beautiful song, often described as one of the most beautiful sounds in nature. An Old World flycatcher, it belongs to a group of more terrestrial species, often called chats. Its range partly overlaps with that of the more northerly thrush nightingale (Luscinia luscinia), a closely related species with which hybrids have occurred.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_nightingale

## Photo

![Słowik rdzawy](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-nightingale/medium.jpg)

Photo: Leonard Wägele · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/44295754

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-nightingale?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).