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Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة	Common Nightingale	Blue-fronted Redstart
الاسم العلمي	Luscinia megarhynchos	Phoenicurus frontalis
الرتبة	Passeriformes	Passeriformes
الفصيلة	Muscicapidae	Muscicapidae
حالة الحفاظ	Least Concern	Least Concern
الطول	16,5 cm (6.5 in)	—
طول الجناح	25,0 cm (9.8 in)	16,9 cm (6.7 in)
الوزن	21,0 g (0.74 oz)	15,833333333333334 g (0.56 oz)
النظام الغذائي	Insects and larvae, supplemented with berries in autumn. Forages on or near the ground in …	--
عدد البيض في الوضع	4-5	3-6
Population Trend	—	—

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Size Comparison

Body Length

Common Nightingale 16,5 cm

Blue-fronted Redstart —

طول الجناح

Common Nightingale 25,0 cm

Blue-fronted Redstart 16,9 cm

الوزن

Common Nightingale 21,0 g

Blue-fronted Redstart 15,833333333333334 g

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Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

🌲 Forest

Common Nightingale only

🏖️ Coastal

Blue-fronted Redstart only

بلا

Common Nightingale

Dense thickets, scrub, and undergrowth in deciduous woodland. Prefers areas with thick ground cover near water.

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Song & Call Comparison

Common Nightingale

الغناء

Considered Europe's finest songster: an extraordinarily rich, loud, flute-like melody of bubbling trills, slow whistles, and a distinctive crescendo 'lu-lu-lu'. Sings day and night.

Blue-fronted Redstart

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Geographic Range & Migration

Common Nightingale

Breeds in Europe and western Asia. Winters in sub-Saharan Africa. A long-distance migrant crossing the Sahara.

Blue-fronted Redstart

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حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Common Nightingale

Least Concern

Blue-fronted Redstart

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How to Tell Them Apart

Common Nightingale

الريش

Plain warm brown upperparts with a rufous-chestnut tail. Pale greyish-white underparts. Unremarkable appearance belies its remarkable voice.

المنقار

Thin, pointed, dark brown bill

Blue-fronted Redstart

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About These Birds

Common Nightingale

The common nightingale is celebrated as one of the finest songsters in the bird world, inspiring poets from Homer to Keats. Males sing complex phrases of over 250 different types, often at night during breeding season. Despite its famous song, the nightingale is a plain-looking bird that skulks in dense vegetation.

Blue-fronted Redstart

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