Common Nightingale

Common Nightingale

Luscinia megarhynchos

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Meru National Park
3 Verified records at Meru National Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

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. Wikipedia →

📅 Monthly Probability

📊

Fewer than 5 records of Common Nightingale at Meru National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Fertő-Hanság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
20–30%
2 Hortobágy National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
20–30%
3 Monfragüe National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
20–30%
4 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
20–30%
5 Kiskunság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
20–30%
6 Doñana National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
20–30%
7 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
10–20%
8 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
10–20%
9 Sierra Nevada National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
10–20%
10 Awash National Park 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
5–10%
11 Tsavo West National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
5–10%
12 Aigüestortes National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
5–10%
13 Lake Manyara National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
5–10%
14 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%
15 Mkomazi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
16 Amboseli National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
17 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
<5%
18 Nairobi National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
19 Tsavo East National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
20 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%
21 Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%
22 Samburu National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
23 Tarangire National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
24 Picos de Europa National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%
25 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
26 Arusha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
27 Meru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
28 Tatra National Park 🇸🇰 Slovakia
Insufficient data
29 Lake Nakuru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
30 Queen Elizabeth National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
31 Lake Mburo National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
32 Biebrza National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
Insufficient data
33 Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
34 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Insufficient data
← Back to Meru National Park