Altai Accentor
Prunella himalayana
Gray-brown overall with orange streaks on the breast and a white throat bordered by a thin black outline. Similar to Alpine Accentor, but darker and more extensively streaked. A common inhabitant of rocky alpine plateaus, meadows, and mountain slopes. Typically forages singly, but is often found in high numbers around campsites and towns where they scrounge for scraps.
Taxonomy
The Altai accentor was described by the English zoologist Edward Blyth in 1842 and given the binomial name Accentor himalayanus. The Altai accentor is now placed in the genus Prunella that was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816. The species is monotypic.<p>This species, along with the alpine accentor, is sometimes separated from the other accentors into the genus Laiscopus.
- Scientific name
- Prunella himalayana
- Authority
- (Blyth, 1842)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Prunellidae
- Genus
- Prunella
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Vertical migration
Conservation
- Population trend
- stable
Photos
Distribution
Bird Calls
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