駒鳥

Etymology
Compound of, said to come from the fact that the small bird's loud call resembles a horse's neigh.

Noun



 * 1) a Japanese robin

Usage notes
Two bird species, the Ryukyu robin (, L. komadori) and the Japanese robin (, L. akahige) were described by Swedish naturalist C.J. Temminck in 1835. Presumably, Temminck erred in using the Japanese name for each bird as the species name for the other.