The chirping of birds is quite soothing and beautiful and is loved by many people all around the world. Out of so many species of birds, Here is the list of Birds Chirping at night,

Birds Chirping At Night

1. Common Nightingale

Nightingale grows 6 to 7 inches long and weighs 0.04 lb. It is found in forests, woodlands, and shrublands in Asia, Africa, Europe, and Australia. It is a bird that sings during dawn and dusk with a life expectancy of 1-3 years. It has brown to golden-colored plumage and a wingspan of 8-10 inches.

It has a flat yellowish beak with a long tail covered with feathers. Nightingale uses two types of songs-whistles and non-whistles. It sings a whistle song to defend its territory and find a mating partner and a non whistle song is used for the rest of the purposes. It is an omnivorous bird feeding on worms, insects, bees, flies, and caterpillars.

2. Northern Mockingbird

Weighing about 47-51 grams, with a length of 21-26 cm, Northern Mockingbird is usually a resident of North America residing in open grounds, grassy and shrubby areas. This omnivore bird feeding on moths, butterflies, ants, beetles, grasshoppers, and many more insects has a life anticipation of 8-20 years.

With a cute gray-brown body, it loves to flutter its wide wings having white spots all over them. Being trained in almost 200 songs, Northern Mockingbird adores singing both day and night and also copies the voices of other animals. Because of its beautiful singing, it has great value and reference in pop customs. 

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3. Black-crowned Night Heron

With a 22.8-26 inches long and 23-28 inches tall body, Black-crowned Night Heron is found mostly flying with a speed of 35 mph in the saltwater, tropical rainforests, mangrove forests, and fresh wetlands of almost every part of the country. With life anticipation of 3 years, this bird nourishes leeches, earthworms, insects, and various other water animals but nocturnal adores preying at night.

The combination of a white gray body and wings along with yellow legs and a sharp beak makes it attractive though not multi-colored. Along with that, these birds are well-known for their sounds similar to crows as well as night chasing habit. 

4. American woodcock

Also renowned as Labrador twister or timberdoodle, the American woodcock is a 25-31 cm long bird with a body mass of 116-279 grams and stay alive merely for 2 years. This omnivore bird nourishing on crickets, earthworms, flies, and centipedes is found generally in forests, farmland, marshes, and wetlands of India, Malaysia, Japan, Indonesia, Australia, North America, the United Kingdom, and many more countries.

With a tiny rounded body covered with black and brown feathers along with an elongated beak, his bird appears extremely lovable. Flying at a speed of 16-28 mph, woodcock is best known for its best taste buds and non-vocal communicating habits. 

5. Yellow Breasted Chat

Found in the dense forests of North America, Mexico, and Canada, Yellow Breasted Chat is usually yellow, white, black, or brown with a life expectancy of 5-8 years. Weighing just 20-33 grams, it grows 6-7.5 inches long and is adorable. Feeding on insects, berries, and trees, it reproduces in May and July and lays 3 to 5 eggs.

The male members of birds sing during the night which may be related to their breeding at night. They also sing during the morning and evening and make sounds of whistles, pops, catcalls, and rattles. Though cute and adorable, these birds are wild animals and are not kept as pets. 

6. Common Pauraque

A widespread night bird found in regions of Central and South America and Texas is Common Pauraque. It grows 8.7-11 inches long and has grayish-brown plumage. The upper part of its body is gray with a white throat and the lower part of its body is gray-brown.

Having a great power to camouflage helps it in becoming invisible during the daytime. During the night the male bird sings with the sounds of whistles and grunts sounding like a frog. Being a night bird, it catches insects during the night and can be spotted in fields and on roads. 

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7. Hermit Thrush

Found in trees and mountains of Canada and the United States, Hermit Thrush weighs around 18-37 grams and grows 5.9-11 inches long. This small cute bird has a melodious voice and brown color on its head and back and feeds on berries, insects, and worms. With the reddish tail, spots are present on its throat and breast and its pink legs make it look adorable. Its voice is highly melodious and sounds like a flute. When two hermit thrushes meet near their nests, they sing melodious and pleasant songs.

8. American Robin

With orange-gray feathers, American Robin is found in fields, gardens, lawns, parks, and lands of North America. Weighing 77-5 grams, it grows about 7-11 inches long and has a life expectancy of about 14 years. Its orange-gray plumage makes it look attractive and it feeds on fruits, earthworms, and beetles. Its voice box called syrinx allows it to make a variety of calls and sounds. Chirping all day, the bird specifically sings during the early morning sitting on huge trees. It is one of the amazing birds chirping at night.

9. Eastern whip-poor-will

Weighing 40-68 grams, Eastern whip-poor-will grows 8.6-10.6 inches long and is found in forests of Canada, Mexico, and North and Central America. Its gray-brown feathery body has long wings with short legs and a round tail. Like other birds, it is not that cute and has a life expectancy of 4-15 years. Worms, mosquitoes, and beetles and included in its diet, and eats them on full moon night. It specifically doesn’t sing but the male bird sings whip-poor-will all day to call its mate.

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10. Barred Owl

Found usually in the mixed, deciduous, and coniferous forests of Sothern Canada and the Eastern United States, the Barred owl is extremely adorable with brown and white bodies having black-brown eyes. Growing up to 40-63 cm long, males weigh between 1-1.7 lb while females weigh nearly 1.3-2.5 lb and both have a life of nearly 18 years.

With a flight of 40 mph, it uses its excellent sight and ears for killing various animals like mice, squirrels, frogs, mammals, snakes, lizards, crabs, fishes, rabbits, and many more insects for eating. This night-loving bird usually remains active at night and is known to be a representation of joy, peace, and defense and is also considered blessed. 

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