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{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{speciesbox
| name = Siberian blue robin
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Larvivora cyane'' |volume=2016 |article-number=e.T22709730A94221078 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22709730A94221078.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
| image = Luscinia_cyane_-_Khao_Yai.jpg
| image_caption = Male
| image2 = Luscinia cyane juvenile - Kaeng Krachan.jpg
| image2_caption = Juvenile
| genus = Larvivora
| species = cyane
| authority = ([[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]], 1776)
| synonyms =
''Luscinia cyanea'' <small>(''[[lapsus]]'')</small><br/>''Luscinia cyane''
}}

The '''Siberian blue robin''' ('''''Larvivora cyane''''') is a small [[passerine]] bird that was formerly classified as a member of the [[Thrush (bird)|thrush]] family, Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to belong to the [[Old World flycatcher]] family, Muscicapidae. It and similar small [[Europe]]an species are often called  [[chat (bird)|chat]]s. Recent research suggests that this species and some other East Asian members of ''Luscinia'' should be classified in a new [[genus]], together with the [[Japanese robin|Japanese]] and [[Ryūkyū robin]]s.<ref>{{cite journal | last =Seki | first =Shin-Ichi| year =2006| title =The origin of the East Asian ''Erithacus'' robin, ''Erithacus komadori'', inferred from cytochrome ''b'' sequence data | journal = Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution| volume =39 | issue =3 | pages =899–905 | doi = 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.01.028 | pmid =16529957| bibcode =2006MolPE..39..899S}}</ref> The genus name ''Larvivora'' comes from the [[Neo-Latin]] ''larva'' meaning caterpillar and ''-vorus'' meaning eating (''vorace'' to devour), and ''cyane'' is [[Latin]] for "dark-blue".<ref>{{cite book | last= Jobling | first= James A. | year= 2010| title= The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | url= https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling | publisher=Christopher Helm | location = London, United Kingdom | isbn = 978-1-4081-2501-4 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling/page/n126 126], 219 }}</ref>

This bird is a [[bird migration|migratory]] [[Insectivore|insectivorous]] species breeding in the eastern [[Palearctic]] from Siberia and northern Mongolia, [[northeastern China]], Korea and across to Japan. It winters in southern and south-eastern Asia and Indonesia.

The breeding habitat is [[conifer]]ous forest with dense undergrowth, often beside rivers or at woodland edges. It feeds on the ground but is very 'skulking'. In winter, this bird also tends to stay in dense vegetation.

This species is larger than the [[European robin]]. The breeding male is unmistakable with blue upperparts and white underparts. The female is much drabber, with brown upperparts and whitish underparts. Her dark eye stands out against the paler brown face.

This species is a very rare [[Vagrancy (biology)|vagrant]] to [[Europe]], and has vagrant status even as far east as Pakistan.
[[File:Larvivora_cyane_(male).jpg|thumb|alt=A Siberian blue Robin on a branch in a forest in Japan.|Male in Kiso Mountains, Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.]]


The Siberian blue robin was previously placed in the [[genus]] ''[[Luscinia]]''. A large [[molecular phylogenetic]] study published in 2010 found that ''Luscinia'' was not [[monophyletic]]. The genus was therefore split and several species including the Siberian blue robin were moved to the reinstated genus ''[[Larvivora]]''.<ref>{{cite journal | last1=Sangster  | first1=G. | last2=Alström | first2=P. | last3=Forsmark | first3=E. | last4=Olsson | first4=U. | year=2010 | title=Multi-locus phylogenetic analysis of Old World chats and flycatchers reveals extensive paraphyly at family, subfamily and genus level (Aves: Muscicapidae) | journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | volume=57 | issue=1 | pages=380–392 | doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2010.07.008 | pmid=20656044 | bibcode=2010MolPE..57..380S }}</ref><ref name=ioc>{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | year=2016 | title=Chats, Old World flycatchers | work=World Bird List Version 6.2 | url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/chats/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union| access-date=20 May 2016 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Wikispecies-inline|Larvivora cyane}}
*{{field guide birds of the world|Larvivora cyane}}
*{{Avibase|name=Larvivora cyane}}

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[[Category:Larvivora|Siberian blue robin]]
[[Category:Birds of Japan]]
[[Category:Birds of Korea]]
[[Category:Birds of Manchuria]]
[[Category:Birds of North Asia]]
[[Category:Birds described in 1776|Siberian blue robin]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Peter Simon Pallas]]

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