L’élection du « meilleur » oiseau chanteur de France parmi dix passereaux « candidats »

In Spring, the forests, parks and gardens of Europe resound of the songs of several species of birds, the most frequent being certainly those of the Eurasian Blackbird, the Song Thrush, the European Robin, the Dunnock and the Eurasian Wren. These passerines are among the best bird singers of the European avifauna. Other virtuosos who have wintered in Africa are also here at this period of the year, such asthe Common Nightingale and the Eurasian Golden Oriole. The essential functions of this spring vocal activity are to defend a territory and to attract a partner, but these are not the only ones and we are still far from having fully understood the complexity of the songs of birds: but this should not prevent us to love them simply for their beauty and for the well-being they provide us.
In this presidential election year in France, we invite you to elect (or rather to choose) the « best » songbird in France among the following ten « candidates »: the Dunnock (Prunella modularis), the European Robin (Erithacus rubecula), the Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), the Common Nightingale (Luscinia megarynchos), the Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos), the Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula), the Eurasian Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), the Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes), the Eurasian Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus) and the Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs).
Of course, other species would have deserved to be included in this selection, but we have decided to limit the number of species and to select known species of the greatest number.