NIGHTINGALE BIRD: CHARACTERISTICS

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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