Japanese Robin (Larvivora akahige) | Details

Japanese Robin Larvivora akahige

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note

Larvivora akahige and L. tanensis (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously placed in the genus Erithacus and lumped as E. akahige following Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	1,110,000 km²	medium
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	329,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.66 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified. This species is considered to have a medium dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 4% within its mapped range over the past 10 years (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). Therefore, as a precautionary measure, it is tentatively suspected that this loss of cover may have led to a decline of between 1-19% in the species' population size over the same time frame.

Trend justification: .

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor
China (mainland)	extant	native		yes
Japan	extant	native	yes
Russia	extant	native	yes
Russia (Asian)	extant	native	yes
Taiwan, China	extant	native		yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Japan	Hidaka mountains
Japan	Ishizuchi range
Japan	Mount Fuji
Japan	Mounts Asama, Shirane and Tanigawa
Japan	Mounts Azuma and Bandai
Japan	Mounts Zao and Funagata
Japan	Myoko, Togakushi highlands
Japan	Rishiri island
Japan	Tsurugi range

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	suitable	breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	suitable	non-breeding
Forest	Temperate	major	breeding
Forest	Temperate	major	non-breeding
Altitude	600 - 2500 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Utilisation

Purpose	Scale
Food - human	subsistence, national
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Species factsheet: Japanese Robin Larvivora akahige. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/japanese-robin-larvivora-akahige on 03/01/2025.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2025) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 03/01/2025.