Accentors (Prunellidae)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
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 (modularis)
Julien Rochefort 9 May 2007 2 years ago 29 sec 4.7 -
A bird singing 1 Peñalara Natural Park, Madrid, Spain
Juan Sanabria 1 June 2008 44 weeks ago 26 sec 4.3 -
A bird resting on a branch Malmedy, Liège Province, Belgium (modularis)
Jean Hupperetz 30 April 2006 3 years ago 29 sec 4.3 -
A bird singing 2 Peñalara Natural Park, Madrid, Spain
Juan Sanabria 1 June 2008 44 weeks ago 21 sec 4.3 -
A close-up of an adult bird Somiedo Natural Park, Asturias, Spain
Javier Ortas 10 July 2009 28 weeks ago 8 sec 4.2 -
An adult flicking the wings Forêt de Fontainebleau, France (modularis)
Julien Rochefort 9 May 2007 2 years ago 21 sec 4.1
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Prunella modularis Sierra de Gredos, Spain
Conrado Requena Az... 8 August 2009 5 weeks ago 4 -
breeding bird perched Île de Bréhat, Côtes d’Armor, Bretagne, France (occidentalis)
Georges Olioso 9 June 2008 37 weeks ago 4 -
An adult in the hand. Castelló d'Empúries, Girona Province, Catalonia, Spain (modularis)
Alberto Soria 10 January 1989 9 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 52 weeks ago 3
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Alarm and contact calls Surrey, England, UK
(occidentalis)
Stuart Fisher 8 weeks ago 4 -
Song London, England, UK
(occidentalis)
Stuart Fisher 28 March 2009 44 weeks ago 3.3 -
Trilled call London, England, UK
Stuart Fisher 7 weeks ago 2
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