AnimalsCroatia
Nightingale Fun facts for kids
Luscinia megarhynchos
The nightingale lives in thick bushes in Europe and Africa and eats insects and worms, plus berries.
- Where it lives
- in thick bushes in Europe and Africa
- What it eats
- insects and worms, plus berries
- How big it is
- fits easily in your hand
Fun facts about the nightingale
The ones Sammy likes best. She tells them in the game, too.
Its song can have more than 200 different parts, with whistles, trills, clicks and long rising notes.
It is very loud for such a small bird, and city nightingales sing even louder to be heard over traffic.
Every autumn it flies from Europe all the way across the Sahara Desert to Africa, mostly at night.
Young nightingales learn their songs by listening to older males nearby, just like music lessons!
It is plain brown with a rusty red tail, so it is much easier to hear than to see.
Nightingales come back to Europe in April, so hearing their song means spring is here.
Boys and girls look exactly the same, but only the boy sings the famous song.
Riddle
Can a friend guess it?
Read the clues to someone, one at a time, without saying the animal. How many clues do they need? Fewer is better, just like in the game.
I am a small bird that hides in thick bushes and hops on the ground looking for bugs.
Every autumn I fly all the way across a huge desert to Africa, mostly at night.
I'm plain brown with a rusty red tail, so people hear me much more than they see me.
My song can have more than 200 different parts, and I'm very loud for my size.
When spring comes, I sing my beautiful song late into the night, and poets love me.
Sammy might be thinking of a nightingale.
In Thought Zoo, Sammy picks an animal and you ask her yes-or-no questions to find it. You'll find the nightingale in the Croatia adventure.
Play the CroatiaComing to iPad, iPhone and Android on 12 January 2027
