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Larvivora
''Larvivora'' is a genus of small passerine birds belonging to the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae that occur in central and eastern Asia. The species in this genus were all previously classified in other genera. A large molecular phylogenetic study published on 2010 found that the genera ''Luscinia'' and ''Erithacus'' as defined by Edward C. Dickinson in 2003 were not monophyletic. The genus ''Larvivora'' with the type species ''Larvivora cyane'' was reinstated to accommodate a well-defined clade. Although the rufous-headed robin was not included in the phylogenetic study, it was moved to the resurrected genus due to its structural, song and behavioural similarities with the Indian blue robin and the Siberian blue robin. The genus ''Larvivora'' had been introduced by the British naturalist Brian Houghton Hodgson in 1837. The word ''Larvivora'' comes from the Neo-Latin ''larva'' meaning caterpillar and ''-vorus'' meaning eating (''vorace'' to devour). The genus include ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Robin
The Japanese robin (''Larvivora akahige'') is a small passerine bird in the family Muscicapidae. This species was formerly named ''Erithacus akahige'', or ''Komadori''. Its range extends from the south of the Kuril and Sakhalin Islands throughout Japan. 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, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Blue Robin
The Indian blue robin (''Larvivora brunnea'') is a small bird found in the Indian Subcontinent. Formerly considered a thrush, it is now considered one of the Old World flycatchers in the family Muscicapidae. It was earlier also called the Indian blue chat. It is migratory, breeding in the forests along the Himalayas of Nepal, India, Myanmar and Bangladesh. They winter in the hill forests of the Western Ghats of India and in Sri Lanka. Taxonomy The Indian blue robin was described by Hodgson who placed it in a new genus ''Larvivora'' but it was later placed in the genus '' Luscinia''. A large-sample molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010 found that ''Luscinia'' was not monophyletic. The genus was therefore split and several species including Indian blue robin were moved to the reinstated genus ''Larvivora''. ''Larvivora'' is a sister of the species '' Brachypteryx cruralis'', '' Brachypteryx leucophrys'' and '' Brachypteryx hyperythra''. Description The Indian blue robin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rufous-headed Robin
The rufous-headed robin (''Larvivora ruficeps'') is a species of passerine bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in central China. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and temperate shrubland. This poorly known species is thought to be threatened by habitat loss. Taxonomy The rufous-headed robin was previously placed in the genus ''Luscinia''. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010 found that ''Luscinia'' was not monophyletic. The genus was therefore split and several species including rufous-headed robin were moved to the reinstated genus ''Larvivora''. Within the genus ''Larvivora'' the rufous-headed robin is genetically most closely related to the rufous-tailed robin (''Larvivora sibilans''). These two species form a sister group to a clade comprising the Japanese robin (''Larvivora akahige'') and the Ryukyu robin (''Larvivora komadori''). Description This is a small robin (average length 15 cm) with an orange-rufous head, a black face, and a whit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rufous-tailed Robin
The rufous-tailed robin (''Larvivora sibilans'') is a small passerine bird. Its breeding range extends from southern Siberia and the Sea of Okhotsk to southern China and southeastern Asia. It has a number of alternative English names: pseudorobin, red-tailed robin, Swinhoe's red-tailed robin, Swinhoe's robin, Swinhoe's pseudorobin, Swinhoe's nightingale or whistling nightingale. Taxonomy The rufous-tailed robin was previously placed in the genus ''Luscinia''. A large molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010 found that ''Luscinia'' was not monophyletic. The genus was therefore split and several species including rufous-tailed robin were moved to the reinstated genus ''Larvivora''. The rufous-tailed robin is genetically most closely related to the rufous-headed robin (''Larvivora ruficeps''). These two species form a sister group to a clade containing the Japanese robin (''Larvivora akahige'') and the Ryukyu robin (''Larvivora komadori''). The genus name ''Larvivora'' com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siberian Blue Robin
The Siberian blue robin (''Larvivora cyane'') is a small passerine bird that was formerly classified as a member of the thrush family, Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to belong to the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. It and similar small European species are often called chats. Recent research suggests that this species and some other East Asian members of ''Luscinia'' should be classified in a new genus, together with the Japanese and Ryūkyū robins. The genus name ''Larvivora'' comes from the Neo-Latin ''larva'' meaning caterpillar and ''-vorus'' meaning eating (''vorace'' to devour), and ''cyane'' is Latin for "dark-blue". This bird is a migratory insectivorous species breeding in the eastern Palearctic from Siberia and northern Mongolia, northeastern China, Korea and across to Japan. It winters in southern and south-eastern Asia and Indonesia. The breeding habitat is coniferous forest with dense undergrowth, often beside rivers or at woodland edge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Izu Robin
The Izu robin (''Larvivora tanensis'') is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae that is endemic to the Izu Islands of Japan. The Izu robin was formerly treated as a subspecies of the Japanese robin The Japanese robin (''Larvivora akahige'') is a small passerine bird in the family Muscicapidae. This species was formerly named ''Erithacus akahige'', or ''Komadori''. Its range extends from the south of the Kuril and Sakhalin Islands througho ... (''Larvivora akahige''). It was split from the Japanese robin based mainly on the differences in vocalization. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q55116100 Izu robin Birds of Japan Izu robin Taxa named by Nagamichi Kuroda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryukyu Robin
The Ryukyu robin (''Larvivora komadori'') is a bird endemic to the Ryūkyū Islands, of Japan. The Okinawa robin (''Larvivora namiyei'') previously was considered a subspecies. The specific name ''komadori'' is, somewhat confusingly, the common name of its relative the Japanese robin in Japanese. The Ryukyu robin, together with the Japanese 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 In biology, a clade (), also known as a Monophyly, monophyletic group or natural group, is a group of organisms that is composed of a common ancestor and all of its descendants. Clades are the fundamental ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okinawa Robin
The Okinawa robin (''Larvivora namiyei'') is a passerine bird endemic to Okinawa of Japan. It previously was considered a subspecies of the Ryukyu robin (''Larvivora komadori ''). Behavior Sometimes forages for food near the ground. Predation by invasive species such as the small Indian mongoose The small Indian mongoose (''Urva auropunctata'') is a mongoose species native to Iraq and northern India; it has also been introduced to several Caribbean and Pacific islands. Taxonomy ''Mangusta auropunctata'' was the scientific name proposed ... negatively impacts the Okinawa Robin. References Okinawa robin Endemic birds of Japan Okinawa robin Okinawa robin {{Muscicapidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muscicapidae
The Old World flycatchers are a large family, the Muscicapidae, of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World (Europe, Africa and Asia), with the exception of several vagrants and two species, bluethroat (''Luscinia svecica'') and northern wheatear (''Oenanthe oenanthe''), found also in North America. These are mainly small arboreal insectivores, many of which, as the name implies, take their prey on the wing. The family is relatively large and includes 357 species, which are divided into 57 genera. Taxonomy The name Muscicapa for the family was introduced by the Scottish naturalist John Fleming in 1822. The word had earlier been used for the genus '' Muscicapa'' by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760. Muscicapa comes from the Latin '' musca'' meaning a fly, and '' capere'' to catch. In 1910, the German ornithologist Ernst Hartert found it impossible to define boundaries between the three families Muscicapidae, Sylviidae (Old World warblers) and Tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erithacus
''Erithacus'' (; (erithacos)) is a genus of passerine bird that contains a single extant species, the European robin (''Erithacus rubecula''). The Japanese robin and Ryukyu robin were also placed in this genus (as ''Erithacus akahige'' and ''E. komadori''), but were moved to the genus ''Larvivora ''Larvivora'' is a genus of small passerine birds belonging to the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae that occur in central and eastern Asia. The species in this genus were all previously classified in other genera. A large molecular phylo ...'' in 2006. Fossil species *†'' Erithacus horusitskyi'' Kessler & Hir, 2012 (Miocene of Hungary) *†'' Erithacus minor'' Kessler, 2013 (Pliocene of Hungary) References Bird genera Bird genera with one living species Muscicapidae {{Muscicapidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
