Accentors (Prunellidae)

Japanese Accentor (Prunella rubida) - HBW 10, p. 513

French: Accenteur du Japon German: Rötelbraunelle Spanish: Acentor Japonés
Other common names: Japanese Hedge-sparrow

Taxonomy: Accentor modularis rubidus Temminck and Schlegel, 1848, Japan.
Forms a superspecies with P. modularis and P. immaculata. N populations described as race fervida, but variation considered insufficient to warrant recognition of geographical races; birds in extreme N (Sakhalin) possibly a distinct race, further study needed. Monotypic.

Distribution: Breeds Sakhalin, S Kuril Is and Japan (S to Shikoku).