The common nightingale is a bird. It can be
called “Rufous”. It is also known as a
small passerine bird that was formerly belong to a member of the thrush finally
called turdidae, later considered as an old
world flycatcher musciap idea.
This small bird belong to a group terrestrial species
called “chats” its habitual life is mainly seen to be migratory insectivorous
species breeding in the forest and scrub. It always nets on the ground or most at times in dense
of bushes. Its breeding habitat is always geographical parameters, such that it is used to be less than 400m
which during growing season i.e
during
means air temperature it
would be above 14c(57f) but more
than 20days /year
the temperature exceed 25c (77of) . Its precipitation is annual
which is used to be less than 75mm. while its index aridity is used to be less
than 0.35 it has no closed canopy.
It frequently sing at might as well as during the
day. Its song is always loud, with an
impressive range of whistles, trills and gurgle. This song is mainly noticeable
particularly at night because few other birds are sing. That it why it is known
as night bird in several other
languages. It is male counterpart that
does using regularly at night and, it is used to be nocturnal song that
can serves as a means to attract a mate
In terms of self
defense, it is always sing at down, ie during the hour before sun rise. And
with this, hour singing it has made it possible to defend its territory from
other bird . Consequent upon this, it used to sing budly in the area where
there are a lot of noise, such
that, of its own would overcome the background noise.
Infact, its most song is always characterized with
loud whistling crescent do, absent from the song of thrust.
Despite the role and important need of this song of
negligence, it can be broadly be seen in the area of poet writer: for
instance, (homer) evoke the song of this
bird in his odyssey write –up, which suggest the myth of Philomel a. That myth
was focus on the sophodes tragedy. It was because of the violence that was associated with the myth
that the song of nightfall was interpreted as a lament.
Infact, all the poet writers have had the song of this
bird as an avenue with which they can use
to serves as a symbolic that
can relay the full meaning of what
is written in a poetic way.
CHARACTERISTICS
OF NIGHTINGALE
The
common nightingale is also known as refoces nightingale is a small passerine bird that was formely classed as a member fo the
thrush family turdidae, but the
now were generally considered to be an old world fly catcher, it belongs to a
group of more terrestial species, often called
chats.
Range and habitat
it is a migratory insectivorous
species breeding in forest and scrub in Europe and south west Africa, but is not ground naturally in
Americas. The distribution is more
southerly than the very closely related thrush
nightingale luscinia luscinia
SUMMARY
Infant, going by the elaborate description of the bird
called night in gale one would agree as the name implies, it is such a bird
that is belling to a group member of the thrush family called turdidae, which
was later considered as flycatchers.
It has played a significant role both social and
financial aspect. Infact, its romantic and methodic song has been of immense
help t its self in the area of self defense
and to the poetic writer . A look
it at hummers write up can attest the
fact even in odyssey
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Birdlife
International (2012) Luscinia Megarhynchos IUCN red
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for conservation of nature
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and Latin
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association of the middle west and south
Doggelt frank (1974) romanticisms singing bird studies
in
English literature 1500-19000 (rice university
Eliot, T.S (1964) the waste land and other poems (signet
classical) New
York, nt penguin group
(German
Wink, Michael (1973) die Verbreitung Der Nichtigall
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