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Larvivora akahige

Identification

Distribution

Found in some (mostly northern or high altitude) areas of Japan and the Kuril Islands and Sakhalin in Russia in summer, but winters in South-east China and the Ryukyu Islands.

Occurs on passage in spring and autumn in other areas of Japan; rarely in Taiwan with vagrants in Korea. Some southern island Japanese birds may be resident.

Taxonomy

Has been placed in the genus Luscinia. However, recent research suggests that the East Asian robins belong into a new genus uniting them with some East Asian Luscinias such as the Siberian Blue Robin (Seki, 2006). It is therefore moved from the genus Erithacus to the genus Larvivora.

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

L. a. akahige:

Southern Kuril and Sakhalin islands to northern Japanese Archaepelago; winters to southern China

L. a. rishirensis:

Rishiri Island (off north-western Hokkaido)

L. a. tanensis:

Southern Japanese Archaepelago (Izu, Tanegashima and Yakushima islands)

Habitat

Behaviour

References

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

List of references

Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Japanese Robin. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Japanese_Robin

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 ==Distribution==
-Found in some (mostly northern or high altitude) areas of [[Japan]] and the Kuril Islands and Sakhalin in [[Russia]] in summer, but winters in South-east China and the Ryukyu Islands. Found on passage in spring and autumn in other areas of Japan, rarely in Taiwan with vagrants in Korea. Some southern island Japanese birds may be resident.
+Found in some (mostly northern or high altitude) areas of [[Japan]] and the Kuril Islands and Sakhalin in [[Russia]] in summer, but winters in South-east [[China]] and the Ryukyu Islands.
+Occurs on passage in spring and autumn in other areas of Japan; rarely in [[Taiwan]] with vagrants in [[Korea]]. Some southern island Japanese birds may be resident.
 ==Taxonomy==