Japanese Robin

How to identify

Field marks

1. Orange face and neck
2. Male has olive-rufous plumage from crown to rump
3. Gray breast and lower belly
4. Rufous tail, black bill, and pinkish-rufous legs and feet

Male, female and young

Female resembles the male, but the orange and rufous are duller and less extensive; juvenile has dark spots on the breast.

Voice

Vocalization often starts with a single very loud note and then fades, like a telephone ringing; phrases are simple and clearly separated, with short clucking sounds interspersed.

Where and when it's recorded

Japanese Robin has been recorded at 88 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 4 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Yeliu IBATaiwan (China)346 records
2. Tai Lam Country ParkHong Kong (China)111 records
3. Wajima – Hegurajima (island)Japan103 records

Countries and regions with the most records

ChinaJapanVietnamSouth Korea

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The Japanese robin (Larvivora akahige) 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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