Listen: The call of the common nightingale

Listen: The call of the common nightingale

The common nightingale, or Luscinia megarhynchos, is found in selective distribution in British Isles and southern Europe; in winter, it is found in northern and central Africa.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Birdsong recordings from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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  • Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Birdsong recordings from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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  • Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Birdsong recordings from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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