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Ryukyu robin

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Ryukyu robin
E. komadori, exhibited in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan.
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L. komadori
Binomial name
Larvivora komadori
(Temminck, 1835)
Synonyms

Erithacus komadori

The Ryukyu robin (Larvivora komadori) is a bird endemic to the Ryūkyū Islands, of Japan.[2]

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.[3] 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, the Ryukyu robin, the Siberian blue robin and several other species that had previously been placed in Luscinia.[4][5]

References

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  2. ^ "Ryukyu Robin". Threatened Birds of Asia: The BirdLife International Red Data Book. BirdLife International. 2001. ISBN 0-946888-44-2. Archived from the original on 24 February 2007. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Seki, Shin-Ichi (2006). "The origin of the East Asian Erithacus robin, Erithacus komadori, inferred from cytochrome b sequence data". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 39 (3): 899–905. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.01.028. PMID 16529957.
  4. ^ Sangster, G.; Alström, P.; Forsmark, E.; Olsson, U. (2010). "Multi-locus phylogenetic analysis of Old World chats and flycatcher reveals extensive paraphyly at family, subfamily and genus level (Aves: Muscicapidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 57 (1): 380–392. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.07.008.
  5. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2016). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". World Bird List Version 6.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 May 2016.