The common nightingale, rufous nightingale or simply nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos), is a small passerine bird which is best known for its powerful and beautiful song.
The nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos ) is a small passerine bird best known for its powerful and beautiful song. The song of this secretive bird has been described as one of the most beautiful sounds in nature, inspiring songs, fairy tales, opera, books, and a great deal of poetry.
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The term nightingale is also applied to other birds with rich songs, such as members of the neotropical nightingale thrush group, the Chinese nightingale (see Leiothrix), and, in the West Indies, the mockingbird.
In areas of overlap, compare with extremely similar Thrush Nightingale; note present species’ unmarked pale underparts, often with a variable buffy wash, as well as its warmer-toned back and brighter rufous tail.
The motor car’s name derives from 'Le Rossignol' — French for 'the nightingale' — as well as the name of a house on Sir Henry Royce’s Côte d'Azur estate, a residence he built for his designers and engineers.
Although somewhat plain compared to many other songbirds, the nightingale has been recognized by some form of its modern name for more than 1,000 years. From the Old English nihtegala, derived from the words for “night” and “to sing,” the nightingale owes its name to its virtuosic nocturnal song.