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Luscinia svecica · Family Muscicapidae
Luscinia svecica
Family Muscicapidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,094,945
- Countries and territories with records
- 115
About this species
This species has 1,094,945 occurrence records from 115 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the Netherlands (27.7%), Sweden (14.8%), France (7.9%), Spain (7.7%) and Norway (5.8%); together they account for 63.9% of the total. In the Netherlands, this species accounts for 0.46% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Luscinia svecica combines the genus name Luscinia with the species epithet svecica. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Luscinia; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Luscinia megarhynchos, Luscinia luscinia and Luscinia phaenicuroides.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 316 species of the family Muscicapidae. This species ranks 11th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Erithacus rubecula. Its record count is 9.4 times the family average (117,032). The family Muscicapidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.