Perhaps the most celebrated bird song in human history. The nightingale sings both day and night, its complex melody composed of over 1,000 phrases that it improvises in real time.
Vocalizations
Full song
Surrey, UK
Grade A
2:15
Alarm call
Tuscany, Italy
Grade A
0:18
Recordings sourced from Xeno-canto. Quality grades: A (excellent) to E (poor).
Distribution & Habitat
Europe, North Africa, Central Asia
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Classification
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae
- Season
- Spring–Summer (breeding)
- Diet
- Insects, Worms, Berries
Measurements
- Wingspan
- 23–26 cm
- Length
- 15–16.5 cm
- Weight
- 17–28 g
Data Sources
- eBird
- iNaturalist
- Xeno-canto