Indian blue robin
Luscinia brunnea (Hodgson, 1837)
Status not recordedsongbirds
The Indian blue robin (Luscinia brunnea) is a species in the family Muscicapidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 17.3 g to 17.5 g.
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Quick facts about the Indian blue robin
- Weight
- 17.5 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- shrublandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 3.5src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Migratorysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Photos of the Indian blue robin
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Where does the Indian blue robin live?
Not recorded
Is the Indian blue robin endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the Indian blue robin classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyMuscicapidae
- genusLuscinia
- SpeciesLuscinia brunnea (Hodgson, 1837)
Synonyms Erithacus brunneus, Larvivora brunnea
Other names and names in other languages (1)
- OrangenachtigallGerman
Relatives of the Indian blue robin
Other species in the same genus Luscinia.
Common nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchos
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecica
Thrush nightingale
Luscinia luscinia
White-bellied redstart
Luscinia phaenicuroides
Siberian rubythroat
Luscinia calliope
Siberian blue robin
Luscinia cyane
CompareIndian blue robin vs Common nightingaleIndian blue robin vs BluethroatIndian blue robin vs Thrush nightingaleIndian blue robin vs White-bellied redstart
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the Indian blue robin?
An adult Indian blue robin weighs 17.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the Indian blue robin?
The Indian blue robin (Luscinia brunnea) belongs to the family Muscicapidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
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