Editing Common nightingale (section)

==Description==
[[File:Luscinia megarhynchos Istria 01.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.65|Male]]
[[File:Luscinia megarhynchos MHNT 232 HdB Bouzareah Algérie.jpg|thumb|''Luscinia megarhynchos'']]
The common nightingale is slightly larger than the [[European robin]], at {{convert|15|-|16.5|cm|in|abbr=on}} length. It is plain brown above except for the reddish tail. It is buff to white below. The sexes are similar. The eastern [[subspecies]] (''L. m. golzi'') and the Caucasian subspecies (''L. m. africana'') have paler upper parts and a stronger face-pattern, including a pale [[supercilium]]. The song of the male nightingale<ref>British Library Sound Archive. [http://sounds.bl.uk/Environment/British-wildlife-recordings/022M-W1CDR0001378-0800V0 ''British wildlife recordings: Nightingale''], accessed 29 May 2013</ref> has been described as one of the most beautiful sounds in nature, inspiring [[Nightingale (Carole King song)|songs]], [[The Nightingale (fairy tale)|fairy tales]], [[The Nightingale (opera)|opera]], [[The Nightingale's Song|books]], and a great deal of poetry.<ref>Maxwell, Catherine. [https://books.google.com/books?id=eZ-6EzePy0cC&pg=PA26 "''The Female Sublime from Milton to Swinburne: Bearing Blindness''"], Manchester University Press, 2001, pp. 26–29 {{ISBN|0719057523}}</ref> However, historically most people were not aware that female nightingales do not sing.
[[File:Common Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) (W1CDR0001376 BD18).ogg|thumb|Song recorded in Devon, England]]