* Thrush Nightingale ( Luscinia luscinia ), a species of bird in the Muscapidae family

The Thrush Nightingale ( Luscinia luscinia ) ( formerly colloquially known as Sprosser ), is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae.

The distribution is more southerly than the very closely related Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia.

The most characteristic feature of the song is a loud whistling crescendo, absent from the song of Thrush Nightingale.

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: See also other birds with " thrush " in their name: Antthrush, Laughingthrush, Palm thrush, Quail-thrush, Rock thrush, Shrikethrush, Waterthrush, Wrenthrush, Dohrn's Thrush-Babbler, Rosy Thrush-Tanager, Thrush Nightingale, Thrush-like Mourner

* Luscinia luscinia Thrush Nightingale

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In each spring Wheatear ( Oenanthe oenanthe ), Rock Thrush ( Monticola saxatilis ), and Nightingale ( Luscinia megarhynchos ) come from Africa for breeding.

Species Seen: Whinchat, Redstart, Pied Flycatcher, Woodchat Shrike, Sardinian Warbler, Nightingale, Audouin's Gull, Blue Rock Thrush, Crag Martin, Black Vulture, Thekla Lark, Marmora's Warbler, Cory's Shearwater, Purple Swamphen, Great Reed Warbler, Moustached Warbler, Black-winged Stilts, Bee-eater, Cirl Bunting.

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" The Sparrow and the Thrush and the Nightingale

" The Sparrow and the Thrush and the Nightingale ( Part II )"

Birds of this ecoregion include the Golden Eagle ( Aquila chrysaetos ), Peregrine Falcon ( Falco peregrinus ), Osprey ( Pandion haliaetus ), Black Stork ( Pandion haliaetus ), Hooded Crane ( Grus monacha ), Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone ), the Siberian Blue and Rufous-tailed Robins ( Luscinia cyane and L. sibilans, respectively ), the Thrush Nightingale ( Luscinia luscinia ), Pallas's Rosefinch ( Carpodacus roseus ), Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus ) and Baikal Teal ( Anas formosa ).

The details of the setting of `` Neutral Tones '' are not, strictly speaking, metaphorical, but they combine to create a mood which is appropriate both to a dismal winter day and to the end of love, and in this way love and weather, the emotions and the elements, symbolize each other in a way that is common to many of Hardy's best poems ( `` Weathers '', `` The Darkling Thrush '', and `` During Wind and Rain '', for example ) and to some moving passages in the novels as well ( Far From The Madding Crowd is full of scenes constructed in this way ).

Thrush is commonly seen in infants.

The largest thrush is Blue Whistling Thrush, at and.

The Great Thrush is similar in length but less heavily built.

Two related Asian Turdus thrushes, the White-collared Blackbird ( T. albocinctus ) and the Grey-winged Blackbird ( T. boulboul ), are also named blackbirds, and the Somali Thrush ( T. ( olivaceus ) ludoviciae ) is alternatively known as the Somali Blackbird.

The Song Thrush ( Turdus philomelos ) is a thrush that breeds across much of Eurasia.

The Song Thrush breeds in forests, gardens and parks, and is partially migratory with many birds wintering in southern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East ; it has also been introduced into New Zealand and Australia.

The Song Thrush ( as represented by the nominate subspecies T. p. philomelos ) is 20 to 23. 5 centimetres ( 8 to 9. 25 in ) in length and weighs 50 – 107 grammes ( 1. 8 to 3. 8 oz ).

The Mistle Thrush ( T. viscivorus ) is much larger and has white tail corners, and the Chinese Thrush ( T. mupinensis ), although much more similar in plumage, has black face markings and does not overlap in range.

The Song Thrush is not usually gregarious, although several birds may roost together in winter or be loosely associated in suitable feeding habitats, perhaps with other thrushes such as the Blackbird, Fieldfare, Redwing and Dark-throated Thrush.

The Song Thrush is occasionally a host of parasitic cuckoos, such as the Common Cuckoo, but this is very rare because the thrush recognizes the cuckoo's non-mimetic eggs.

However, the Song Thrush does not demonstrate the same aggression toward the adult Cuckoo that is shown by the Blackbird.

The Song Thrush is omnivorous, eating a wide range of invertebrates, especially earthworms and snails, as well as soft fruit and berries.

The Grove Snail ( Cepaea nemoralis ) is regularly eaten by the Song Thrush, and its polymorphic shell patterns have been suggested as evolutionary responses to reduce predation ; however, Song Thrushes may not be the only selective force involved.

In Great Britain and the Netherlands, there has been a more than 50 % decline in population and the Song Thrush is included in regional Red Lists.

A number of similar Turdus thrushes exist far outside the range of the Common Blackbird, for example the South American Chiguanco Thrush ( Turdus chiguanco ).

The Song Thrush has a short, sharp tsip call, replaced on migration by a thin high seep, similar to the Redwing's call but shorter.

The Mistle Thrush is the largest thrush native to Europe, being distinctly larger than the similar Song Thrush and larger even than the Common Blackbird.

The Siberian Thrush is similar in size to the Song Thrush.

They average slightly smaller than the very similar Gray-cheeked Thrush but are all but indistinguishable in outward appearance.

The male has a simple whistling song, similar to the related Mistle Thrush.

The male Dusky Thrush has a simple fluted or whistling song, similar to the Redwing.

The male Blue Rock Thrush sings a clear, melodious call that is similar to, but louder than the call of the Rock Thrush.

The bill is not as strongly curved as that of the Dark-sided Thrush or the Long-billed Thrush and the female lacks the prominent pale cheek spot of the similar looking female Siberian Thrush.

This large, heavily patterned thrush is similar in appearance to the White's Thrush.

It has a cheerful song similar to the Siberian Thrush.

The similar but allopatric Ecuadorian Thrush was formerly considered a subspecies of the Bare-eyed Thrush and named T. n. maculirostris ; it is now normally separated as a good species T. maculirostris.