Passeriformes

Accentors (Prunellidae)

HBW 10, p. 496

• Small, mainly terrestrial birds with pointed bill, compact body and horizontal posture; mostly dark grey or brown, usually streaked, above, paler below.
• Eurasia.
• Largely montane, mainly in alpine or subalpine zone above tree-line, or montane forest or scrub; one widespread species also in lowland scrub and gardens.
• 1 genus, 13 species, 36 taxa.
• No species threatened; none extinct since 1600.