Nightingales match the pitch of their rivals in singing duels


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Nightingales sing to defend territory and appeal to mates

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Nightingales can alter the pitch of their whistle songs to exactly match the songs of different nightingales, simply as we people modulate our tone of voice throughout a dialog.

The widespread nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos), a migratory chook present in Europe, Asia and Africa, has impressed numerous writers and musicians with its melodious songs.

Male nightingales have very giant repertoires of as much as 150 to 200 completely different track varieties, considered one of which is called a whistle track. In the course of the mating season, male nightingales …