Accentors (Prunellidae)
Siberian Accentor (Prunella montanella) - HBW 10, p. 510
French: Accenteur montanelle
German: Bergbraunelle
Spanish: Acentor Siberiano
Other common names: Mountain Accentor
Taxonomy: Motacilla montanella Pallas, 1776, Dauria, Siberia.
Forms a species group with P. fulvescens, P. koslowi, P. atrogularis, P. ocularis and P. fagani. Population breeding in NC part of range (between R Khatanga and R Lena) of uncertain racial identity; probably belong to nominate race, and tentatively included within it. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- montanella (Pallas, 1776) - breeds extreme NE Europe and W Siberia (from Bol’shezemel’skaya tundra, on W side of Ural Mts) E to R Lena and, in S Russia, patchily from upper R Ob, upper R Yenisey region (N of Krasnoyarsk) and Altai E to Amur region.
- badia Portenko, 1929 - breeds NE Siberia from R Lena E to Anadyrland, S to W shore of Sea of Okhotsk.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Siberian Accentor, winter bird, Beidiahe, China
Locality Hebei, China (Northern)
Mark Andrews 3 November 2007 2 years ago 3.5 -
Siberian Accentor, winter bird, Beidiahe, China
Locality Hebei, China (Northern)
Mark Andrews 3 November 2007 2 years ago 3
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