Siberian Blue Robin (Larvivora cyane)

Other Names (World)
Siberian Blue Robin, Siberian Bluechat, Blue Groundchat

Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
13.50 - 14.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Pallas, 1776)

Habitat
Coniferous forest with dense undergrowth, often beside rivers or at woodland edges.

Range (Guide)

Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China (mainland), India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan (B), Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea (B), Philippines, Russia (Asian), Russia (Central Asian) (B), Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan (China), Thailand, USA, Vietnam.

Vagrant to Spain, United Kingdom.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (125)...)

Siberian Blue Robin (Larvivora cyane) [XC458267]
by Louis A. Hansen from Rechka Mishiha village at Baikal Ringing Station, Tankhoy, Irkutsk, Russian Federation (song)

Siberian Blue Robin (Larvivora cyane) [XC506734]
by Ding Li Yong from Central Catchment Nature Reserve, Singapore (call)

Subspecies
Sometimes placed in genus Erithacus.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

cyane (Pallas, 1776) - South-central Siberia and northern Mongolia. Non-breeding south-eastern Asia.
bochaiensis Shulpin, 1928 - Eastern Siberia, north-eastern China, northern Korea and Japan. Non-breeding Malay Peninsula and Greater Sundas.
nechaevi (Red'kin, 2006) - Sakhalin, southern Kuril and Japanese islands.

References
See References.

Files:

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