The Javan blue robin (''Myiomela diana'') is a species of

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...

in the family

Muscicapidae The Old World flycatchers are a large family, the Muscicapidae, of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World (Europe, Africa and Asia), with the exception of several vagrants and two species, Bluethroat (''Luscinia svecica)'' and North ...

. It is

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to the Indonesian island of Java. Its natural

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is subtropical or tropical moist

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s. The Sumatran blue robin (''Myiomela sumatrana'') was formerly considered a subspecies of ''M. diana'', with both the Javan and Sumatran subspecies being grouped under the name Sunda robin.

References

* BirdLife International 2004.
Cinclidium diana

2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
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