Okinawa robin

The Okinawa robin (Larvivora namiyei) is a passerine bird endemic to Okinawa of Japan.^[2] It previously was considered a subspecies of the Ryukyu robin (Larvivora komadori ).^[3]

Okinawa robin
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Muscicapidae
Genus:	Larvivora
Species:	L. namiyei
Binomial name
Larvivora namiyei (Stejneger, 1887)

Behavior

Sometimes forages for food near the ground. Predation by invasive species such as the small Indian mongoose negatively impacts the Okinawa Robin.^[4]