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title: "Rufous-tailed Robin"
description: "Larvivora sibilans — Birds. The rufous-tailed robin (Larvivora sibilans) is a small passerine bird."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/rufous-tailed-robin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rufous-tailed Robin

> Larvivora sibilans — Birds. The  rufous-tailed robin  (Larvivora sibilans) is a small passerine bird.

- Scientific name: *Larvivora sibilans*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 851
- Wikidata: [Q1192214](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1192214)
- iNaturalist taxon: [145055](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/145055)

## Names

- en: Rufous-tailed Robin
- de: Schwirrnachtigall
- es: Ruiseñor silbador
- fr: Rossignol siffleur
- it: Luscinia sibilans
- pl: Słowik syberyjski

## Countries with the most observations

CN (192), RU (185), HK (175), KR (85), MO (34), VN (23), TH (14), TW (8)

## Summary

The  rufous-tailed robin  (Larvivora sibilans) is a small passerine bird. Its breeding range extends from southern Siberia and the Sea of Okhotsk to southern China and southeastern Asia.
It has a number of alternative English names: pseudorobin, red-tailed robin, Swinhoe's red-tailed robin, Swinhoe's robin, Swinhoe's pseudorobin, Swinhoe's nightingale or whistling nightingale.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufous-tailed_robin

## Photo

![Rufous-tailed Robin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rufous-tailed-robin/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stephen Matthews · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9747992

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/rufous-tailed-robin?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).