Thrush Nightingale

Protection of environment. Thrush Nightingale. Bird of the year.

The Thrush Nightingale, Luscinia luscinia (formerly colloquially known as Sprosser), is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae. It, and similar small European species, are often called chats.

It is a migratory insectivorous species breeding in forest in Europe and Asia. The distribution is more northerly than the very closely related Nightingale, Luscinia megarhynchos. It nests low in dense bushes. It winters in Africa.

The Thrush Nightingale is similar in size to the European Robin. It is plain grey brown above and grey to white below. Its greyer tones, giving a cloudy appearance to the underside, and lack of the Nightingale's obvious red tail side patches are the clearest plumage differences from that species. Sexes are similar.

Belarus 2007 Thrush Nightingale CuNi
Obverse: 
at the top – the relief of the State Coat of Arms of the Republic of Belarus; in the center – an image of small bird in palms, beneath – the year of issue, fine silver alloy standard, inscriptions along the rim: in the top part – " РЭСПУБЛІКА Беларусь " (REPUBLIC OF BELARUS), at the bottom – "10 РУБЛЁЎ" (10 ROUBLES) – on silver coin and "1 РУБЕЛЬ" (1 ROUBLE) – on copper–nickel coin.
Reverse: 
in the center – the relief image of a Thrush Nightingale on the branch (it's a Bird of the 2007 year), inscriptions along the rim: in the top part – ПТУШКА ГОДА (Bird of the year), at the bottom – ЗВЫЧАЙНЫ САЛАВЕЙ (THRUSH NIGHTINGALE).

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Belarus 2007 Thrush Nightingale. CuNi
Belarus 2007 Thrush Nightingale. CuNi
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Catalog ID: 
BY96CM1
Value: 
€18
Mintage: 
5000
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Weight: 
13.16g
Diameter: 
32mm
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