Editing Japanese robin (section)

== Habitat ==
The Japanese robin lives in natural habitats such as islands, lakes, mountains, and [[temperate forest]]s. These habitats are abundant with species of small insects and plants that the Japanese robin eats. More specifically, this species lives in damp, dense, and shady areas such as [[undergrowth]] along valleys and streams. Many Japanese robins are located in [[Broadleaf forest|broadleaf]] and [[deciduous]] forests throughout the Japanese islands of [[Honshu]], [[Shikoku]], [[Hokkaido]] and the Sakhalin Islands, and [[Yakushima]], and during the winters in [[Southeast Asia]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Collar|first1=Nigel|last2=del Hoyo|first2=Josep|last3=Kirwan|first3=Guy M.|last4=Christie|first4=David|editor1-first=Guy M|editor1-last=Kirwan|title=Japanese Robin (Larvivora akahige)|url=https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/japrob1/cur/introduction|journal=Birds of the World|year=2021|doi=10.2173/bow.japrob1.02|s2cid=244434353|language=en|access-date=2021-10-17|archive-date=2022-06-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630172447/https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/japrob1/cur/introduction|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Izu Islands ===
The population of Japanese robins on the [[Izu Islands]] in southeastern Japan are so geographically remote that they are usually considered a distinguishable subspecies, ''L. akahige tanensis'', from the mainland populations, ''L. akahige akahige'', based on phenotypic characteristics, such as feather colouration.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Seki |first=Shin-Ichi |date=February 2023 |title=Genetic structure of the Japanese Robin (''Larvivora akahige'') endemic to East Asian islands |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ibi.13197 |journal=Ibis |language=en |volume=165 |issue=3 |pages=875–889 |doi=10.1111/ibi.13197 |issn=0019-1019}}</ref> Additionally, while the mainland Japanese robin usually inhabits deciduous and mixed coniferous forests in the summer, the Izu Islands subspecies migrates to lowland, warm-temperature forests instead.<ref name=":0" /> Due to the distance between the two populations, [[gene flow]] between the two subspecies is rare and inbreeding within the Izu Islands populations is relatively common.<ref name=":0" />