Ryukyu robin

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Ryukyu robin
Preserved specimen at the National Museum of Nature and Science

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Larvivora
Species:
L. komadori
Binomial name
Larvivora komadori
(Temminck, 1835)
Synonyms

Erithacus komadori

The Ryukyu robin (Larvivora komadori) is a bird

Ryūkyū Islands, of Japan.[2] The Okinawa robin (Larvivora namiyei) previously was considered a subspecies.[3]

The specific name komadori is, somewhat confusingly, the common name of its relative the Japanese robin in Japanese.

The Ryukyu robin, together with the

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.[5][6]

References

  1. . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. on 24 February 2007.
  3. ^ "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-06-13.
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  6. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2016). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". World Bird List Version 6.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 May 2016.