Japanese Robin
Larvivora akahige(Temminck, CJ, 1835)
English (US) Japanese Robin
The Japanese Robin (Larvivora akahige) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Muscicapidae (Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: breeds on southern Sakhalin Island, the southern Kuril Islands, and Japan; winters in southeastern China (northwestern Fujian southward to Guangdong and Guangxi)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Larvivora akahige
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Japanese Robin
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1835)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Sylvia akahige
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1835)
- Type locality
- Riu Kius, south of Japan ; corrected to Hondo by
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.96, vol.3 pl.571
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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