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title: "Siberian Blue Robin"
description: "Larvivora cyane — Birds. The Siberian blue robin (Larvivora cyane) is a small passerine bird that was formerly classified as a member of the thrush family, Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to belong to the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/siberian-blue-robin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Siberian Blue Robin

> Larvivora cyane — Birds. The Siberian blue robin (Larvivora cyane) is a small passerine bird that was formerly classified as a member of the thrush family, Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to belong to the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae.

- Scientific name: *Larvivora cyane*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2078
- Wikidata: [Q27075670](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27075670)
- iNaturalist taxon: [145060](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/145060)

## Names

- en: Siberian Blue Robin
- de: Blaunachtigall
- es: Ruiseñor azul
- fr: Rossignol bleu
- it: Usignolo azzurro siberiano
- pt: Pisco-azul-siberiano
- pl: Słowik modry

## Countries with the most observations

TH (444), RU (303), IN (270), CN (167), VN (123), MY (91), KR (66), SG (57), JP (48), HK (30), KH (21), MN (13)

## Summary

The Siberian blue robin (Larvivora cyane) is a small passerine bird that was formerly classified as a member of the thrush family, Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to belong to the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. It and similar small European species are often called  chats. 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 and Ryūkyū robins. 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…

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

## Photo

![Siberian Blue Robin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/siberian-blue-robin/medium.jpg)

Photo: Лариса Артемьева · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/239426063

## Machine access

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