Small brown birds of thrush kind, famous for their clear singing, and the fact that they will sing during the night as well as the day (hence their name). The Sindarin word for 'nightingale' was tinúviel, the name Beren gave to Lúthien when he first saw her.
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To be more precise, nightingales were associated with the Maia Melian, and Melian was associated with these forests. It was in Nan Elmoth that she met Elwë (Thingol) to the sound of nightingale song, and after she became Queen of Doriath, nightingales are mentioned several times in connection with that land. Not least of these connections was her daughter Lúthien, who gained the name Tinúviel or 'nightingale'.
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