Common Nightingale vs Black-backed Forktail
Luscinia megarhynchos comparado com Enicurus immaculatus
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Atributo | Common Nightingale | Black-backed Forktail |
|---|---|---|
| Nome científico | Luscinia megarhynchos | Enicurus immaculatus |
| Ordem | Passeriformes | Passeriformes |
| Família | Muscicapidae | Muscicapidae |
| Estado de conservação | Least Concern | Least Concern |
| Comprimento | 16,5 cm (6.5 in) | — |
| Envergadura | 25,0 cm (9.8 in) | 17,9 cm (7.0 in) |
| Peso | 21,0 g (0.74 oz) | 27,0 g (0.95 oz) |
| Dieta | Insects and larvae, supplemented with berries in autumn. Forages on or near the ground in … | -- |
| Tamanho da postura | 4-5 | 3 |
| Population Trend | — | — |
Size Comparison
Habitat Comparison
Habitats partilhados
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Common Nightingale only
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Common Nightingale
Dense thickets, scrub, and undergrowth in deciduous woodland. Prefers areas with thick ground cover near water.
Song & Call Comparison
Common Nightingale
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.
Black-backed Forktail
Geographic Range & Migration
Common Nightingale
Breeds in Europe and western Asia. Winters in sub-Saharan Africa. A long-distance migrant crossing the Sahara.
Black-backed Forktail
Estado de conservação
Common Nightingale
Black-backed Forktail
How to Tell Them Apart
Common Nightingale
Plain warm brown upperparts with a rufous-chestnut tail. Pale greyish-white underparts. Unremarkable appearance belies its remarkable voice.
Thin, pointed, dark brown bill
Black-backed Forktail
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.
Black-backed Forktail
The Black-backed Forktail is an elegant, long-tailed bird of rocky mountain streams in the eastern Himalayas through to southern China and mainland Southeast Asia. It has a black back and white underparts with a deeply forked black-and-white tail that it constantly bobs and fans. It forages along fast-flowing streams for aquatic insects, small crustaceans, and fish.