Nightingale
Nightingale, any
 of several small Old World thrushes, belonging to the family Turdidae 
(order Passeriformes), renowned for their song. The name refers in 
particular to the Euraisain Nightingale(Erithacus, or Luscinia, megarhynchos), a brown bird, 16 centimetres (61/2
 inches) long, with a rufous tail. Its strong and varied song, in which 
crescendo effects are prominent, is uttered by day or night from perches
 in shrubbery.
 


 
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