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- | :A [[nightingale]]! She had never heard one, and the thought of listening to one ... A nightingale! The invisible witness of [[tryst]]s, evoked by Juliet on her .--[[Guy de Maupassant]] | ||
- | # A European [[songbird]], ''[[Luscinia]] megarhynchos'', of the family ''[[Turdidae]]''. | + | A '''songbird''' is a [[bird]] belonging to the [[clade]] '''Passeri''' of the perching birds ([[Passerine|Passeriformes]]). Another name that is sometimes seen as scientific or vernacular name is '''Oscines''', from [[Latin]] ''oscen'', "a songbird". This group contains some 4,000 species found all over the world, in which the [[Syrinx (bird anatomy)|vocal organ]] typically is developed in such a way as to produce a diverse and elaborate [[bird song]]. |
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- | * [[philomel]] | ||
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- | *[[The Nightingale (Decameron)]] | + | * [[Bird vocalization]] |
+ | * [[Silence of the Songbirds]] (book) | ||
+ | * [[Song system]] | ||
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A songbird is a bird belonging to the clade Passeri of the perching birds (Passeriformes). Another name that is sometimes seen as scientific or vernacular name is Oscines, from Latin oscen, "a songbird". This group contains some 4,000 species found all over the world, in which the vocal organ typically is developed in such a way as to produce a diverse and elaborate bird song.
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