"Which bird, best known for its singing, has the scientific name ""luscinia megahynchos""?"
Luscinia (probably) Latin "canō" "to sing". Hence, it could be translated as "little-seen [as in the twilight] songster" or "famous songster". The genus "Luscinia" was introduced by the English naturalist Thomas Forster in 1817. The type species is the common nightingale ("Luscinia megarhynchos"). Delimitation of "Luscinia" versus the genus "Erithacus" had been confused for long; species were rather indiscriminately placed in one or the other genus, or "Luscinia" was entirely merged into "Erithacus". The genus "Luscinia" previously included many more species. A large molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010 found that the genus did not represent a monophyletic group. Species were
Luscinia Luscinia Luscinia is a genus of smallish passerine birds, containing the nightingales and relatives. Formerly classed as members of the thrush family Turdidae, they are now considered to be Old World flycatchers (Muscicapidae) of the chat subfamily (Saxicolinae). The chats are a lineage of Old World flycatchers that has evolved convergently to thrushes. The word "Luscinia" was used for nightingales and similar birds in Classical Latin (e.g. in the AD 70s "Naturalis Historia" by Pliny the Elder), if not earlier. Etymologically, it might be derived from "luscus" (Latin for "half-blind", "half-understood" etc.) or "clueō" (Latin for "to be well-known") +