Order Passeriformes Higher classification Erithacus | Phylum Chordata Family Muscicapidae Scientific name Erithacus akahige Rank Species | |
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Similar Bird, Blue‑and‑white flycatcher, Siberian blue robin, Ryukyu robin, Narcissus flycatcher | ||
Japanese robin song part 3 luscinia akahige erithacus akahige hd
The Japanese robin (Larvivora akahige, formerly Erithacus akahige) or komadori is a small passerine bird in the family Muscicapidae.
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- Japanese robin song part 3 luscinia akahige erithacus akahige hd
- Japanese robin erithacus akahige song
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The name "Japanese robin" is also sometimes used for the red-billed leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea). The specific name akahige is, somewhat confusingly, the common name of its relative Larvivora komadori in Japanese.
The Japanese robin, together with the Ryukyu robin and the European robin, was previously placed in the genus Erithacus . A 2006 molecular phylogenetic study found that the two east Asian species were more similar to the Siberian blue robin, at the time in Luscinia, than to the European robin. In 2010 a large study confirmed this result and also found that Luscinia was non-monophyletic. The genus Larvivora was therefore resurrected to accommodate a clade containing the Japanese robin, the Ryukyu robin, the Siberian blue robin and several other species that had previously been placed in Luscinia.
Japanese robin erithacus akahige song
