Evening nightingale, nightingale song, nightingale

Nightingale (lat. Luscinia) - a genus of birds from the order of passeriformes. The most famous common nightingale (Luscinia luscinia) is a bird with a body length of about 17 cm, which has long legs, large dark eyes, brownish plumage and a reddish tail. Distributed in Europe and Western Asia (to the East to the Yenisei), to the South to the North Caucasus. Migratory bird, winters in Africa. Inhabits damp shrubbery, river valleys. Nests on the ground or very low in bushes. The clutch contains 4-6 greenish or bluish eggs with spots. Only the female incubates for 13 days. Feeds on spiders, insects, worms, berries. The singing is sonorous, with a lot of knees. To the south and west - from Spain to the Western Pamirs, the southern, or western nightingale is common. #nightingale
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