The Javan blue robin (''Myiomela diana'') is a species of

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class (biology), class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the Oviparity, laying of Eggshell, hard-shelled eggs, a high Metabolism, metabolic rate, a fou ...

in the family

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 north ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

to the Indonesian island of Java. Its natural

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is subtropical or tropical moist

montane forest Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures lapse rate, fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is ...

s. The

Sumatran blue robin The Sumatran blue robin (''Myiomela sumatrana'') is an Old World flycatcher in the family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to the Indonesian island of Sumatra. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Javan blue robin The Javan blue robin ('' ...

(''Myiomela sumatrana'') was formerly considered a subspecies of ''M. diana'', with both the Javan and Sumatran subspecies being grouped under the name Sunda robin.

References

* BirdLife International 2004.
Cinclidium diana

2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
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Javan blue robin The Javan blue robin (''Myiomela diana'') is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to the Indonesian island of Java. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The Sumatran blue robin (''Myiomela ...

Birds of Sumatra Endemic birds of Indonesia Birds of Java

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