📸 PhotoPhoto: Արարատ Թրվանց · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Common Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchos (Common Nightingale · サヨナキドリ)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its average weight of 21 g is lighter than a single AA battery (about 23 g).
- 💡 According to ADW, it features in John Keats's poem 'Ode to a Nightingale' as well as compositions by Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky, and is beloved in western European culture for its song.
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
The Common Nightingale is a small bird with a plain appearance but remarkable singing ability. It holds an important place in western European culture and migrates to the African tropics in winter.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Its body is brown with paler underparts, a broad chestnut tail, and a white ring around each eye. Males are slightly larger than females.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It is insectivorous, preying on beetles, ants, worms, spiders, and larvae on the ground, and also eats berries in autumn. Males also sing at night, and older males have a repertoire of about 180–260 song variations.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2024) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22709696/264563469
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • doi.org — avilist.v2026
- • iucnredlist.org — 264563469
- • wikidata.org — Q25393
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Հարավային սոխակ.jpg
- • animaldiversity.org — Luscinia megarhynchos
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Stephan Sprinz · CC BY 4.0 (Congeneric silhouette — Luscinia svecica)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.