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.

分类信息

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.

学名
Prunella himalayana
命名信息
(Blyth, 1842)
Passeriformes
Prunellidae
Prunella

分布与栖息地

迁徙
Vertical migration

保护状况

种群趋势
stable

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