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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Aves > Order: Passeriformes > Family: Saxicolidae > Genus: Luscinia > Species: Luscinia luscinia

Thrush Nightingale - Luscinia luscinia (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
EU Population status	Threatened
Protected by	EU Birds Directive and 2 other international agreements
Natura 2000 sites	48 are designated for this species
Breeding habitats	rivers and lakes wetlands woodland and forest
Natura 2000 species code	A270

Distribution

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Threat and EU population status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Least Concern

EU population status

The status of the population at the EU level was evaluated at the species level; this was based on the reports delivered by Member States under Article 12 of the Birds Directive (see fact sheet below). The EU status assessment can cover several subspecies/subspecific population units. For more information, please consult the species fact sheet and link below.

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

Sources:

Population status categories for bird species under the Birds Directive

Secure

Near Threatened, declining or depleted

Threatened (i.e. vulnerable, endangered, critically endangered, regionally extinct)

Unknown or not evaluated

Natura 2000 sites

Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode	Country	Site name	Action
DE2752302	Germany	Salveytal	Map
DE2948401	Germany	Schorfheide-Chorin	Map
DE2951401	Germany	Unteres Odertal	Map
DE3339402	Germany	Niederung der Unteren Havel	Map
DE3341401	Germany	U. Rhinluch/Dreetzer See, Havell. Luch und Belziger Landschaftsw.	Map
DE3450401	Germany	Märkische Schweiz	Map
DE3642401	Germany	Rietzer See	Map
IT2010012	Italy	Brughiera del Dosso	Map
IT2080301	Italy	Boschi del Ticino	Map
PLB040003	Poland	Dolina Dolnej Wisły	Map
PLB200003	Poland	Puszcza Knyszyńska	Map
PLB280008	Poland	Puszcza Piska	Map
PLC140001	Poland	Puszcza Kampinoska	Map
SE0630165	Sweden	Testeboåns delta	Map
DE3453422	Germany	Mittlere Oderniederung	Map
PLB080005	Poland	Jeziora Pszczewskie i Dolina Obry	Map
DE6119401	Germany	Untere Gersprenzaue	Map
DE3242421	Germany	Rhin-Havelluch	Map
DE2649421	Germany	Uckerniederung	Map
DE2751421	Germany	Randow-Welse-Bruch	Map
CY4000013	Cyprus	FAROS KATO PAFOU	Map
DE4151421	Germany	Spreewald und Lieberoser Endmoräne	Map
PLB320010	Poland	Wybrzeże Trzebiatowskie	Map
DE3542421	Germany	Mittlere Havelniederung	Map
DE3145421	Germany	Obere Havelniederung	Map
ROSPA0022	Romania	Comana	Map
ROSPA0015	Romania	Câmpia Crișului Alb și Crișului Negru	Map
ROSPA0023	Romania	Confluența Jiu - Dunăre	Map
ROSPA0107	Romania	Vânători-Neamț	Map
ROSPA0083	Romania	Munții Rarău - Giumalău	Map
ROSPA0005	Romania	Balta Mică a Brăilei	Map
ROSPA0073	Romania	Măcin - Niculițel	Map
ROSPA0062	Romania	Lacurile de acumulare de pe Argeș	Map
ROSPA0025	Romania	Cozia - Buila - Vânturarița	Map
ROSPA0037	Romania	Dumbrăvița - Rotbav - Măgura Codlei	Map
ROSPA0031	Romania	Delta Dunării și Complexul Razim - Sinoie	Map
ROSPA0099	Romania	Podișul Hârtibaciului	Map
ROSPA0003	Romania	Avrig - Scorei - Făgăraș	Map
ROSPA0020	Romania	Cheile Nerei - Beușnița	Map
ROSPA0093	Romania	Pădurea Bogata	Map
ROSPA0074	Romania	Maglavit	Map
CY4000010	Cyprus	CHERSONISOS AKAMA	Map
CY4000023	Cyprus	ZONI EIDIKIS PROSTASIAS CHERSONISOS AKAMA	Map
AT3209022	Austria	Salzachauen, Salzburg	Map
AT1202V00	Austria	March-Thaya-Auen	Map
AT1221V00	Austria	Truppenübungsplatz Allentsteig	Map
ROSPA0134	Romania	Munții Gutâi	Map
ROSPA0115	Romania	Defileul Crișului Repede - Valea Iadului	Map

Protected sites

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Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	More information
Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 30 November 2009, on the conservation of wild birds (EU Birds Directive)	This species is not mentioned in the annexes, but it is covered by the general protection regime provided by Article 1 of the Directive to all species of birds naturally occurring in the wild state in the European territory of the Member States to which the Treaty applies.	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex II: strictly protected fauna species	http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals. (Bonn Convention)	Annex II: migratory species which have an unfavourable conservation status and which require international agreements for their conservation and management, as well as those which have a conservation status which would significantly benefit from the international co-operation that could be achieved by an international agreement. (Migratory species of Muscicapidae sensu lato spp.)	http://www.cms.int/

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Nagy fülemüle	Hungarian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Näktergal	Swedish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Noordse Nachtegaal	Dutch	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Rossignol progné	French	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Rouxinol-russo	Portuguese	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Ruiseñor Ruso	Spanish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Satakieli	Finnish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Slavík tmavý	Czech	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Sprosser	German	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Thrush Nightingale	English	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Usignolo maggiore	Italian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.

Synonym	Author
Migratory species of Muscicapidae sensu lato spp.

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EBCC Atlas of breeding birds	European Bird Census Council's Atlas of Breeding Birds
EURing code:11030	European bird-ringing
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia
WoRMS	World Register of Marine Species

External data

Population distribution from "Birds in Europe" editions 1 and 2

These publications present a thorough and detailed review of the conservation status of European birds. Based on detailed breeding and wintering population data collected in each country, the report provides a review of the population sizes and trends of Species of European Conservation Concern.

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Country	Biogeographic region	Min / Max (Units)	Period	Status	Quality	Source	Published
Belarus		160000/200000 (pairs)	1997-2002	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Belarus		160000/175000 (pairs)	1990	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Bulgaria		0/5 (pairs)	1996-2002	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Czech Republic		0/5 (pairs)	2000	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Denmark		10000/50000 (pairs)	2000	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Denmark		11000/120000 (pairs)	1987-1989	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Estonia		40000/80000 (pairs)	1998	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Finland		15000/20000 (pairs)	1998-2002	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Georgia		Present/Present (pairs)	2003	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Germany		9600/36000 (pairs)	1995-1999	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Hungary		0/10 (pairs)	1995-2002	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Hungary	Pannonian	50/100 (pairs)	-	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Latvia		50000/150000 (pairs)	1990-2000	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Latvia	Boreal	50000/150000 (pairs)	-	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Lithuania		40000/70000 (pairs)	1999-2001	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Lithuania	Boreal	10000/15000 (pairs)	1985-1988	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Moldova, Republic of		40000/50000 (pairs)	1990-2000	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Netherlands		0/2 (pairs)	1998-2000	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Norway		300/1000 (pairs)	1990-2003	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Poland		200000/400000 (pairs)	2000-2002	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Poland		45000/65000 (pairs)	-	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Romania		86000/120000 (pairs)	2000-2002	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Romania		75000/200000 (pairs)	-	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Russian Federation		2500000/5000000 (pairs)	1990-2000	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Russian Federation		100000/1000000 (pairs)	-	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Slovakia		1000/1500 (pairs)	1990-1999	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Sweden		20000/50000 (pairs)	1999-2000	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Ukraine		520000/680000 (pairs)	1990-2000	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Ukraine		250000/300000 (pairs)	1986	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01

Source: BirdLife International

Population trends from "Birds in Europe" editions 1 and 2