Austria (P), Azerbaijan, Bahrain (P), Belarus (B), Botswana, Bulgaria (B), Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Cyprus, Czech Republic (B), Denmark (B) (P), Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia (B), Ethiopia, Finland (B), Germany (B), Greece (P), Hungary (B), Iran [Islamic Republic of], Iraq (P), Israel, Italy, Jordan (P), Kazakhstan (B), Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia (B), Lebanon, Lithuania (B), Malawi, Moldova [Republic of] (B), Montenegro, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles (B), Norway (B), Oman, Poland (B), Qatar, Romania (B), Russia (Central Asian) (B), Russia (European) (B), Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (B), Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Sweden (B), Syrian Arab Republic, Tanzania [United Republic of], Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine (B), United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Vagrant to Afghanistan, Belgium, France, Ireland, Kyrgyzstan, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Malta, Nigeria, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom.
N, central and eastern Europe eastern in narrow band to northern Kazakhstan and upper R Yenisey, also Caucasus. Non-breeding eastern and south-eastern Africa.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 15,000,000 - 40,000,000 (2010).
Thrush Nightingale (Luscinia luscinia) [XC802725]
by FlackoWeasel from Allik\u00f5nnu, P\u00f5hja-P\u00e4rnumaa Rural Municipality, P\u00e4rnu maakond, Estonia (song)
Thrush Nightingale (Luscinia luscinia) [XC799945]
by Niels Van Doninck from Skogsby, M\u00f6rbyl\u00e5nga Municipality, Kalmar l\u00e4n, Sweden (call, song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Genus has occasionally been merged into Erithacus. Hybridization with Common Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) rare.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet