Accentors (Prunellidae)
Black-throated Accentor (Prunella atrogularis)
French: Accenteur à gorge noire German: Schwarzkehlbraunelle Spanish: Acentor Gorginegro
Taxonomy:
Accentor atrogularis J. F. Brandt, 1844, Semipalatinsk, north-east Kazakhstan.
Forms a superspecies with P. koslowi, and appears also to be close to P. ocularis; all three belong to a species group that also includes P. fulvescens, P. montanella and P. fagani. Proposed C Asian races lucens (described from R Tzagma, in C Tien Shan) and menzbieri (from Katon-Karagai, in SW Altai) regarded as synonymous with huttoni. Original spelling of species name has repeatedly been quoted as “atragularis”, but this is erroneous. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- atrogularis (J. F. Brandt, 1844) - breeds in N & C Ural Mts, in NW Russia; non-breeding in SW Asia.
- huttoni (F. Moore, 1854) - breeds in mountains of WC Asia, from Altai Mts S to Pamirs; non-breeding in SW Asia.
- Least Concern
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A bird foraging on the ground. Sat Tal, Uttarakhand, India
Pieter de Groot Bo... 1 February 2008 44 weeks ago 22 sec 3
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Bird perched on top of a bush. Pangot, Uttarakhand, India (huttoni)
Sam Woods 26 November 2007 12 weeks ago 4
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