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ForestSmall · 18 g
How to tell it apart
This is a small robin (average length 15 cm) with an orange-rufous head, a black face, and a white throat with black bordering. Back, upper breast and flanks are grey, most of the belly and underparts are white. The tail is black with rufous fringes and blackish tips to the outer feathers. The song is powerful and clearly phrased, and most similar to that of the Ryukyu robin.
- flanks:
- the sides of the body, beneath the folded wing
- underparts:
- the throat, breast and belly
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When to see the Rufous-headed Robin
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records worldwide; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Rufous-headed Robin
The map shades 2 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.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Cambodia.
About the Rufous-headed Robin
The rufous-headed robin is a species of passerine bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in central China. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and temperate shrubland. This poorly known species is thought to be threatened by habitat loss.
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Easily confused with
Japanese RobinLarvivora akahigeThe Japanese robin is about 14-15 centimeters in size.
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.
Side by side: Indian Blue Robin vs Rufous-headed Robin · Japanese Robin vs Rufous-headed Robin
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