Okinawa robin

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Okinawa robin
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Larvivora
Species:
L. namiyei
Binomial name
Larvivora namiyei
(Stejneger, 1887)

The Okinawa robin (Larvivora namiyei) is a bird endemic to Okinawa of Japan. [2] It previously was considered a subspecies of the Ryukyu robin (Larvivora komadori ). [3]

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2017). "Erithacus namiyei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  2. Collar, N. J.; Andreev, A. V.; Chan, S.; Crosby, M. J.; Subramanya, S.; Tobias, J. A., eds. (2001). "Ryukyu Robin". Threatened Birds of Asia: The BirdLife International Red Data Book. BirdLife International. ISBN   0-946888-44-2. Archived from the original on 24 February 2007.
  3. "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List" . Retrieved 2021-06-13.