Orchidaceae
Bird's-nest orchid
Neottia nidus-avis
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Neottia
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Common names
By language (33)
- arz
- نيوتيا نيدوس افيس
- Belarusian
- Гняздоўнік сапраўдны
- Bulgarian
- Истинска гнездовка
- Catalan
- Magraneta borda, Neottia, Neòtia
- Croatian
- Šumska kokoška
- csb
- Kòstoba
- Czech
- Hlístník hnízdák
- Danish
- Rederod
- Dutch
- Vogelnestje
- English
- Bird's-nest orchid, Nidus-avis orchid
- Estonian
- Pruunikas pesajuur
- Finnish
- Pesäjuuri, Linnunpesäjuuri
- French
- Néottie nid d'oiseau, Neottie nid d'oiseau, Néottie nid-d'oiseau
- German
- Vogel-Nestwurz, Nestwurz
- hsb
- Wšědna hnězdowka
- Hungarian
- Madárfészekkosbor, Madárfészek-békakonty
- Irish
- Magairlín neide éin
- Italian
- Nido d'Uccello
- Japanese
- ニダスエイビスオーキッド
- Latvian
- Parastā ligzdene
- Lithuanian
- Rusvoji lizduolė
- Luxembourgish
- Vullennascht-Zweeblat
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Fuglerede
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Fuglereir
- Persian
- آشیانک, اشیانک
- Polish
- Gnieźnik leśny, Gniazdosz leśny
- Russian
- Гнездовка настоящая
- Serbian
- Gnezdovica, Гнездовица, Гнијездовица, Кокошка
- Slovak
- Hniezdovka hlístová
- Slovenian
- Rjava gnezdovnica
- Swedish
- Nästrot
- Tatar
- Чын оялаш уты
- Ukrainian
- Гніздівка звичайна
Synonyms
- Distomaea nidus-avis (L.) Spenn.
- Epipactis nidus-avis (L.) Crantz
- Helleborine nidus-avis (L.) F.W.Schmidt
- Helleborine succulenta F.W.Schmidt
- Listera nidus-avis Hook.
- Listera nidus-avis (L.) Curtis
- Malaxis nidus-avis (L.) Bernh.
- Neottia macrostelis Peterm.
- Neottia nidus-avis f. brachystelis Peterm.
- Neottia nidus-avis f. brunnea J.Weiss
- Neottia nidus-avis f. dilatata Zapał.
- Neottia nidus-avis f. glandulosa Beck
- Neottia nidus-avis f. glandulosa (Beck) Hegi
- Neottia nidus-avis f. macrostelis Peterm.
- Neottia nidus-avis f. micrantha Zapał.
- Neottia nidus-avis f. nivea (Magnus ex M.Schulze) Hegi
- Neottia nidus-avis f. pallida (Wirtg.) Hegi
- Neottia nidus-avis f. sulphurea J.Weiss
- Neottia nidus-avis lus. nivea (Magnus ex M.Schulze) Asch. & Graebn.
- Neottia nidus-avis lus. pallida (Wirtg.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Neottia nidus-avis lus. sulphurea (J.Weiss) Asch. & Graebn.
- Neottia nidusavis var. nivea Magnus ex M.Schulze
- Neottia nidusavis var. pallida Wirtg.
- Neottia orobanchoidea St.-Lag.
- Neottia squamosa Dulac
- Neottidium nidus-avis (L.) Schltdl.
- Ophrys nidus-avis L.
- Serapias nidus-avis (L.) Steud.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 1,412 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Gilles San Martin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Line Juul Nielsen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Santiago Martín-Bravo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Bastien Alegot, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Conrad Altmann, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mirko Ubović, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Björn Sothmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Марина Садыкова, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: sjajuga, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.