1998: Ultraviolet plumage ornamentation affects social mate choice and sperm competition in bluethroats (Aves:
Luscinia s.
Dove Rola-turca Streptopelia Eurasian colla- decaocto red dove Rouxinol,
Luscinia Nightingale filomela megarhynchos Ruiva Turdus iliacus Redwing Sapo-leva Falco tinnunculus Common kestrel or Accipiter nisus or sparrowhawk Sarrau Sombria Emberiza Ortolan bunting hortulana Tajasno, Oenanthe oenan- Northern tanjardo the or Saxicola wheatear or tanjasno, spp.
In the most extreme case, Nightingales (
Luscinia megarhynchos), who were tutored with recordings at approximately 5 weeks of age, have been shown to produce near perfect copies of songs which they hear only fifteen times.
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In Medieval Latin poetic manuscripts, the spellings laciuia and lacinia appear on occasion as a scribal error of the poetic word for a nightingale,
luscinia. The poem from the Carmina Burana collection beginning "Claus Cronos et serato," has the couplet: "His alludi Philomena, / merops et
luscinia" [Among them sport the swallow, bee eater, and nightingale].
The title of Chapter 10, "From Philomela to
luscinia magarhynchose in A Mask" indicates one of the main points concerning the Lady.
The intriguing and simple Because the Night (
Luscinia luscinia), 2003, shown for the first time here, consists of slowed-down black-and-white footage of a nightingale singing in a bush.
At the edge of the forest live the wryneck (Jynx torquilla), the redwing (Turdus iliacus), the thrush nightingale (
Luscinia luscinia), the barred warbler (Sylvia nisoria), the icterine warbler (Hippolais icterina), the river warbler (Locustella fluviatilis), the common rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus), the eagle owl (Bubo bubo), the raven (Corvus corax), the corn crake (Crex crex), the black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa), the kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), the mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos), the garganey (A.
(Alcuin borrows this line in his poem 'De
luscinia': Spreta colore tamen fueras non spreta canendo.)
Luscinia svecica, Lymnocryptes minimus, Melanocorypha bimaculata, Melanocorypha calandra, Monticola saxatilis, Monticola solitarius, Motacilla citreola, Muscicapa striata, Netta rufina, Numenius arquata, Parus lugubris, Pernis apivorus, Phylloscopus collybita, Porzana parva, Porzana porzana, Porzana pusilla, Philomachus pugnax, Prunella collaris, Prunella modularis, Pyrrhula pyrrhula, Recurvirostra avosetta, Sterna albifrons, Streptopelia senegalensis, Serinus pusillus, Sylvia atricapilla, Sylvia hortensis, Tachybaptus ruficollis, Tichodroma muraria, Trochiloides nitidus, Tyto alba, and Vanellus spinosus.
Although they were more expensive, European songbirds, such as the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris), common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs), siskin (Carduelis species), bullfinch (Pyrrhula species), song thrush (Turdus philomelos), nightingale (
Luscinia megarhynchos), and European robin (Erithacus rubecula), were also imported during the 19th century.
As an exception,
Luscinia luscinia was considered a woodland species in Estonia (Leibak et al., 1994).
Song repertoire size is correlated with body measures and arrival date in common nightingales,
Luscinia megarhynchos.