Japanese Robin

Japanese Robin

Taxobox
name = Japanese Robin
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Muscicapidae
genus = "Erithacus"
species = "E. akahige"
binomial = "Erithacus akahige"
binomial_authority = (Temminck, 1835)

The Japanese Robin ("Erithacus akahige", formerly "Luscinia akahige") or komadori is a songbird. Recent research suggests that the East Asian robins belong into a new genus uniting them with some East Asian "Luscinia"s such as the Siberian Blue Robin (Seki, 2006).

The name "Japanese Robin" is also sometimes used for the Red-billed Leiothrix ("Leiothrix lutea").

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
* Seki, Shin-Ichi (2006): The origin of the East Asian "Erithacus" robin, "Erithacus komadori", inferred from cytochrome "b" sequence data. "Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution" 39(3): 899–905. DOI|10.1016/j.ympev.2006.01.028

External links

* [http://pikanakiusagi.web.fc2.com/english/index.html Recordings of the robin's song]


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