サヨナキドリ common_nightingale rufous_nightingale
Latin: [i]Luscinia megarhynchos[/i]
JP: サヨナキドリ [i]sayonakidori[/i]

The "Common Nightingale":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_nightingale] is a drab European bird renowned for its song. It frequently sings at night, a behavior from which its name is derived.

The nightingale is plain brown above, buff to white below and has a reddish tail. Eastern populations have paler upperparts and a stronger face-pattern including a white eyebrow.

The range of the Common Nightingale does not extend past south-east Asia, and is [b]not[/b] frequently depicted in Japanese art. Instead:

h4. That Bird Might Also be...
* [[Japanese bush warbler]]: has also been known as the Japanese nightingale due to its song.  It is similarly drab in appearance.
* [[Japanese white-eye]]: has also been confused with a nightingale, but is distinct in appearance, having green plumage.
* "Red-billed leiothrix":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-billed_leiothrix]: also known as the Japanese nightingale, but not native to Japan, making this common name a misnomer.
h4. See also
* "eBird - Common Nightingale":[https://ebird.org/species/comnig1]
* [[Japanese bush warbler]]
* [[Japanese white-eye]]
* [[Tag Group:Birds]]
nightingale (bird)