Rufous-breasted Accentor
Prunella strophiata
Brightly-colored accentor which combines the head pattern of Black-throated Accentor with the orange breast of Robin Accentor. Bright orange breast and eyebrow are striking, contrasting sharply with the white throat and streaked brown back. Generally, quite common in high-altitude deciduous forests where it breeds. Descends into lower, often scrubbier, habitats during the winter.
Taxonomy
The rufous-breasted accentor was described by the English zoologist Edward Blyth in 1843 from a specimen collected in Nepal. He coined the binomial name Accentor strophiatus. The specific epithet strophiatus/strophiata is from Latin strophium "breast-band". The rufous-breasted accentor is now placed in the genus Prunella that was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Vieillot in 1816.<p>Two subspecies are recognised:
- Scientific name
- Prunella strophiata
- Authority
- (Blyth, 1843)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Prunellidae
- Genus
- Prunella
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- stable
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Distribution
Bird Calls
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