Erithacus

Erithacus; Temporal range: Miocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	European robin, (Erithacus rubecola)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Muscicapidae
Genus:	Erithacus; Cuvier, 1800
Species
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Erithacus is a genus of passerine bird that contains a single extant species, the European robin (Erithacus rubecula). The Japanese robin and Ryukyu robin were also placed in this genus (as Erithacus akahige and E. komadori), but were moved to the genus Larvivora in 2006.^[1]

Fossil species[]

† Kessler & Hir, 2012 (Miocene of Hungary)^[2]
† Kessler, 2013 (Pliocene of Hungary)^[3]

References[]

^ Seki, Shin-Ichi (2006). "The origin of the East Asian Erithacus robin, Erithacus komadori, inferred from cytochrome b sequence data". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 39 (3): 899–905. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.01.028. PMID 16529957.
^ Kessler, E.; Hir, J. (2012). "The avifauna in North Hungary during the Miocene Part II". Foldtani Kozlony. 142 (2): 149–168.
^ Kessler, E. (2013). "Neogene songbirds (Aves, Passeriformes) from Hungary". Hantkeniana.

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[1] Seki, Shin-Ichi (2006). "The origin of the East Asian Erithacus robin, Erithacus komadori, inferred from cytochrome b sequence data". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 39 (3): 899–905. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.01.028. PMID 16529957.

[2] Kessler, E.; Hir, J. (2012). "The avifauna in North Hungary during the Miocene Part II". Foldtani Kozlony. 142 (2): 149–168.

[3] Kessler, E. (2013). "Neogene songbirds (Aves, Passeriformes) from Hungary". Hantkeniana.

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Erithacus Temporal range: Miocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

European robin, (Erithacus rubecola)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Muscicapidae
Genus:	Erithacus Cuvier, 1800
Species
See text