Accentors (Prunellidae)
Alpine Accentor (Prunella collaris) - HBW 10, p. 508
French: Accenteur alpin
German: Alpenbraunelle
Spanish: Acentor Alpino
Other common names: Collared/Rock Accentor
Taxonomy: Sturnus collaris Scopoli, 1769, Kärnten, south Austria.
Most closely related to, and forming a species group with, P. himalayana; the two are sometimes placed in a separate genus, Laiscopus, because of larger size and distinct plumage differences in comparison with current congeners. Birds from Corsica, described as race tschusii, considered inseparable from nominate. Nine subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- collaris (Scopoli, 1769) - mountains from SW Europe E to Slovenia and Carpathians, and NW Africa (Moroccan Atlas).
- subalpina (C. L. Brehm, 1831) - SE Europe (Croatia E to Bulgaria, S to Greece, including Crete) and SW Turkey.
- montana (Hablizl, 1783) - N & E Turkey and Caucasus S to Iran and E to Turkmeniya.
- collaris (Scopoli, 1769) - mountains from SW Europe E to Slovenia and Carpathians, and NW Africa (Moroccan Atlas).
- subalpina (C. L. Brehm, 1831) - SE Europe (Croatia E to Bulgaria, S to Greece, including Crete) and SW Turkey.
- montana (Hablizl, 1783) - N & E Turkey and Caucasus S to Iran and E to Turkmeniya.
- rufilata (Severtsov, 1879) - from Kyrgyzstan E along Tien Shan, and from NE Afghanistan and extreme N Pakistan E along Pamirs to W China (Kunlun Mts).
- erythropygia (Swinhoe, 1870) - from Altai Mts E to SE Russia, S to N & E Mongolia and NE China; also Japan (C Honshu).
- whymperi (Stuart Baker, 1915) - W Himalayas (Ladakh E to Kumaon).
- tibetana (Bianchi, 1904) - E Tibetan Plateau (S from Nan Shan, E to Gansu).
- nipalensis (Blyth, 1843) - Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, SC China (SE Xizang, SW Sichuan, N Yunnan) and N Myanmar.
- fennelli Deignan, 1964 - Taiwan.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two birds feeding on the ground Locality Andújar, Jaén, Andalucia, Spain
Javier Ortas 12 February 2009 2 years ago 30 sec 4.5 -
A close-up of a bird.A bird feeding on the ground Locality Andújar, Jaén, Andalucia, Spain
Javier Ortas 12 February 2009 2 years ago 30 sec 4.3 -
A bird sit, in flight and calling Locality Huesca, Aragón, Spain (ssp collaris)
CarlosNaza 12 November 2008 3 years ago 10 sec 4.3 -
A bird feeding on snow. Locality The Pyrenees, Spain (ssp collaris)
Jesús Laborda 7 February 2011 31 weeks ago 47 sec 4 -
A close view of a bird foraging Locality Laurebina Pass, Langtang National Park, Nepal (ssp nipalensis)
John Gregory 1998 3 years ago 28 sec 3.6 -
A bird feeding on the ground Locality Andújar, Jaén, Andalucia, Spain
Javier Ortas 12 February 2009 2 years ago 31 sec 3.5
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Drinking the water drops flowing from a clay step in a very dry winter.
Locality Montserrat Mountain Natural Park, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Josep Batlle 18 January 2012 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.5 -
A bird on a wood perch.
Locality Tirol State, Austria
Franck Renard 15 December 2008 2 years ago 4.5 -
In the small hill in the back of the village
Locality Oukaïmeden, Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz Region, Morocco (ssp collaris)
auf 17 February 2006 1 year ago 4.3 -
One bird
Locality Ala Archa National Park, Chuy Province, Kyrgyzstan
Rémi Bigonneau 6 August 2011 12 weeks ago 4.2 -
taken at Mt. Hehwan, Nantou County.
Locality Taiwan
alder 3 August 2010 1 year ago 4 -
standing and feeding on the ground
Locality Kangding County, Sichuan, China (Northern)
Zhou Huaming 7 March 2009 2 years ago 4
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