Izu robin

Izu robin
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Muscicapidae
Genus:	Larvivora
Species:	L. tanensis
Binomial name
Larvivora tanensis (Kuroda, Nm, 1923)

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 (Larvivora akahige). It was split from the Japanese robin based mainly on the differences in vocalization. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Larvivora tanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T103767625A104217117. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103767625A104217117.en . Retrieved 7 February 2023.
2. Zhao, M.; Alström, P.; Hu, R.; Zhao, C.; Hao, Y.; Lei, F.; Qu, Y. (2017). "Phylogenetic relationships, song and distribution of the endangered Rufous-headed Robin Larvivora ruficeps". Ibis. 159 (1): 204–216. doi:10.1111/ibi.12426.
3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2023). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". IOC World Bird List Version 13.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
4. Kirwan, G.M.; Collar, N.; del Hoyo, J.; Christie, D.A.; Boesman, P.F.D. (2022). Kirwan, G.M. (ed.). "Izu Robin (Larvivora tanensis), version 1.0". Birds of the World. Ithaca, NY, USA: Cornell Lab of Ornithology. doi:10.2173/bow.japrob3.01.