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Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchos
A small brown European migratory songbird famous for its powerful, varied, and beautifully complex song — featured in countless poems and songs across European literature.
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| Nightingale | Nightjar | Nuthatch |
List of Birds That Start With N
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Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeus
A cryptically camouflaged nocturnal bird that rests motionless on the ground or along tree branches during the day, invisible against bark and leaf litter — famous for its churring mechanical song heard across heathlands at dusk.
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Nuthatch
Sitta europaea
A small, compact woodland bird that walks headfirst down tree trunks — the only bird capable of descending a vertical surface face-down, and a remarkably efficient hoarder of seeds and insects.
About birds starting with N
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