9 Eerily Beautiful Songs of Night Birds

June 15, 2020

Owls are famous for their late-night hootenannies, but lots of other birds croon by moonlight, too. In fact, ecosystems around the planet host a surprising variety of night birds — from nightingales and mockingbirds to corncrakes, potoos and whip-poor-wills — whose voices can be as haunting as any hoot from an owl.

Most of these birds have been serenading night since prehistory, and their after-dark arias are now staples in nature's dusk-to-dawn soundtrack. If not for night birds, the anthem of evening in many places may be little more than traffic noise and crickets.

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