Japanese Robin (Larvivora akahige) | Photos and ID

LCLeast ConcernInvertebrates

ForestCavity nestSmall · 17 g

ID tip

The Japanese robin is about 14-15 centimeters in size. This bird species is mainly gray and bright orange. The male Japanese robin is olive brown from the top of the head to rump, with an orange face and neck, and a grey breast and underside. Their tail is reddish-brown, their legs are pinkish brown, and they have a black bill. The female Japanese robin looks very similar to the male, but their orange and brown color characteristics are much duller and less extensive.

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When to see the Japanese Robin

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Japanese Robin

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 8 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Japan Taiwan China Hong Kong SAR China Russia Macao SAR China South Korea Vietnam

Recorded as a rare visitor in Thailand.

About the Japanese Robin

The Japanese robin 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.

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Easily confused with

Izu RobinLarvivora tanensisThe Izu robin is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae that is endemic to the Izu Islands of Japan.

Ryukyu RobinLarvivora komadoriThe Ryukyu robin is a bird endemic to the Ryūkyū Islands, of Japan.

Okinawa RobinLarvivora namiyeiThe Okinawa robin is a passerine bird endemic to Okinawa of Japan.

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