Northern Good-Byeing Bird - Northern Good-Byeing Bird

Japanese: キタサヨナキドリ - きたさよなきどり
Northern Good-Byeing Bird - Northern Good-Byeing Bird

…Only females incubate eggs, and both sexes raise chicks. The closely related species, the Northern Nightingale L. luscinia , is very similar in morphology and habits to the previous species, but its distribution is biased northward, breeding from southern Scandinavia and Eastern Europe to Central Asia. [Higuchi Hiroyoshi]
[Tradition]
In medieval German lyric poetry, the nocturnal singer, the Nightingale, is a central character in the love stories of young men and women, and this messenger of love with her clear, beautiful singing voice has been sung about in many poems and folk songs since ancient times.

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Northern Nightingale" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…抱卵は雌だけが行い,育雛(いくすう)は雌雄ともに行う。近縁種のキタサヨナキドリL.lusciniaは,形態や習性は前種によく似ているが,分布が北方に偏っていて,スカンジナビアの南部および東ヨーロッパから中央アジアにかけて繁殖している。【樋口 広芳】
[伝承]
 中世ドイツの抒情詩で,夜の歌姫ナイチンゲールは愛する若い男女の恋の点景をなしているが,透明で美しい歌声をもつこの恋の使者は古来多くの詩や民謡にうたわれてきた。…

※「キタサヨナキドリ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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