Common Nightingale

Luscinia megarhynchos

Portuguese: Rouxinol-comum

Classification

Family: Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae)

Order: Passeriformes

Size: 15-17 cm

Conservation: Least Concern

Rarity at Quinta: Fairly Common

Migratory Status: Summer visitor (Apr-Sep)

Season: Spring, Early Summer

Time of Day: Night and dawn

Dense scrub and thickets, especially near water

Habitat: Dense thickets, Scrubland, Woodland undergrowth

Plain brown with rufous tail, pale underparts

Call: Legendary rich, varied song with crescendos; "hweet" call

Insects, larvae, worms; berries in autumn