Accentors (Prunellidae)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis) - HBW 10, p. 512
French: Accenteur mouchet
German: Heckenbraunelle
Spanish: Acentor Común
Other common names: Hedgesparrow, Dykie, European Dunnock, Hedge Accentor
Taxonomy: Motacilla modularis Linnaeus, 1758, Europe = Sweden.
Forms a superspecies with P. rubida and P. immaculata. Eight subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- hebridium Meinertzhagen, 1934 - Hebridean Is (W Scotland) and Ireland.
- occidentalis (Hartert, 1910) - Britain (except Hebrides) and W France.
- modularis (Linnaeus, 1758) - breeds N & C Europe E to Urals, S to Alps and Romania.
- hebridium Meinertzhagen, 1934 - Hebridean Is (W Scotland) and Ireland.
- occidentalis (Hartert, 1910) - Britain (except Hebrides) and W France.
- modularis (Linnaeus, 1758) - breeds N & C Europe E to Urals, S to Alps and Romania.
- mabbotti Harper, 1919 - breeds SC France, Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Greece.
- meinertzhageni Harrison & Pateff, 1937 - breeds S former Yugoslavia and Bulgaria.
- fuscata Mauersberger, 1971 - mountains of S Crimea.
- euxina Watson, 1961 - breeds N & NW Turkey.
- obscura (Hablizl, 1783) - breeds Caucasus region, NE Turkey and N Iran.
- Least Concern
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A close-up of an adult Forêt de Fontainebleau, France (ssp modularis)
Julien Rochefort 9 May 2007 3 years ago 29 sec 4.8 -
A bird sitting on the barrier and singing. Borsbeek, Antwerp Province, Belgium
Jeremiusz Trzaska 29 March 2009 24 weeks ago 32 sec 4.5 -
A bird singing 1 Peñalara Natural Park, Madrid, Spain
Juan Sanabria 1 June 2008 1 year ago 26 sec 4.3 -
A bird resting on a branch Malmedy, Liège Province, Belgium (ssp modularis)
Jean Hupperetz 30 April 2006 3 years ago 29 sec 4.3 -
A close-up of an adult bird Somiedo Natural Park, Asturias, Spain
Javier Ortas 10 July 2009 1 year ago 8 sec 4.2 -
An adult flicking the wings Forêt de Fontainebleau, France (ssp modularis)
Julien Rochefort 9 May 2007 3 years ago 21 sec 4.1
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breeding bird perched Île de Bréhat, Côtes d’Armor, Bretagne, France (ssp occidentalis)
Georges Olioso 9 June 2008 1 year ago 4 -
Prunella modularis Sierra de Gredos, Spain
Conrado Requena Az... 8 August 2009 35 weeks ago 3.5 -
A bird foraging around Flevoland Province, Netherlands
Yoel Jimenez 1 November 2005 25 weeks ago 3.4 -
An adult in the hand. Castelló d'Empúries, Girona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp modularis)
Alberto Soria 38 weeks ago 3 -
Seen whilst walking. It must have been too busy looking for new females to keep an eye out for me. Pensthorpe Waterfowl Park, Fakenham, Norfolk, England, UK
Tony Hedges 24 April 2005 1 year ago 3 -
A young bird sunning Stirling, Scotland, UK
Anne Cotton 22 July 2010 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 2.9
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Alarm and contact calls Surrey, England, UK
(ssp occidentalis)
Stuart Fisher 37 weeks ago 4 -
Song London, England, UK
(ssp occidentalis)
Stuart Fisher 28 March 2009 1 year ago 3.3 -
Song of a male Antwerp Province, Belgium
Laurent Demongin 15 April 2010 11 weeks ago 3 -
Trilled call London, England, UK
Stuart Fisher 37 weeks ago 2
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