Accentors (Prunellidae)
Black-throated Accentor (Prunella atrogularis) - HBW 10, p. 511
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 Enlarge map
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An adult perched on top of a conifer tree Locality Bolshoe Almatinskoe Lake, Ile Alatau National Park, Tian Shan, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan (ssp huttoni)
Greg Baker 24 May 2008 1 year ago 21 sec 4 -
A closer view of a male Locality Astronomical Observatory, Tian Shan, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan (ssp huttoni)
Eric Roualet 28 May 2012 48 weeks ago 23 sec 3.6 -
A male perched on a spruce topp Locality Astronomical Observatory, Tian Shan, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan (ssp huttoni)
Eric Roualet 28 May 2012 48 weeks ago 32 sec 3.6 -
A bird foraging on the ground. Locality Sat Tal, Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India (ssp huttoni)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 February 2008 4 years ago 22 sec 3.3 -
A dorsal view of a male Locality Astronomical Observatory, Tian Shan, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan (ssp huttoni)
Eric Roualet 28 May 2012 48 weeks ago 10 sec 3.2
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Bird perched on top of a bush.
Locality Pangot, Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India (ssp huttoni)
Sam Woods 26 November 2007 3 years ago 4.2 -
Adult on a branch.
Locality Ile Alatau National Park, Tian Shan, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan (ssp huttoni)
Christophe Gouraud 19 June 2010 2 years ago 2.8
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