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 LC    Alpine Accentor* Id (Atlas):
    Prunella collaris

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Alpine Accentor, Collared Accentor, Rock Accentor

Family
Prunellidae (Accentors)

Size
18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Scopoli, 1769)

Habitat
Mountainous areas above the tree-line.

Range (Guide)
Afghanistan (B) (NB), Albania (B), Algeria, Andorra (B) (NB), Armenia (B), Austria (B) (NB), Azerbaijan (B) (NB), Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina (B), Bulgaria (B) (NB) (P), China (mainland), Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska) (B) (NB), Czech Republic (B), France (B) (NB), Georgia (B), Germany (B), Gibraltar (NB), Greece (B) (NB) (P), Hungary (NB), India, Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B), Iraq (NB), Israel, Italy (B) (NB), Japan, Kazakhstan (B), Kyrgyzstan (B), Liechtenstein (B), Macedonia [The Former Yugoslav Republic of] (B) (NB), Malta, Moldova [Republic of], Mongolia (B), Montenegro (B), Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Poland (B), Portugal (NB), Romania (B) (NB), Russia (Asian) (B), Russia (Central Asian) (B) (NB), Russia (European) (B), Serbia (B), Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (B) (NB), Slovenia (B) (NB), South Korea, Spain (B) (NB), Switzerland (B) (NB), Taiwan (China), Tajikistan (B), Tunisia, Turkey (B) (NB), Turkmenistan (B), Ukraine (B) (NB), Uzbekistan (B).

Vagrant to Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Jordan, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Netherlands Antilles, Norway, Sweden, Syrian Arab Republic, United Kingdom.

Population
Estimated population is 500,000 - 2,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Mainly insects with some spiders, earthworms, snails and plant seeds.

Voice
Musical chattering warble. Ventriloquial rippling call.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (212)...)

 
Alpine Accentor (Prunella collaris) [XC531036]
     by Frantz Barrault from S\u00f6lden, Imst, Tirol, Austria (song, subsong)

 
Alpine Accentor (Prunella collaris) [XC688378]
     by Cedric Mroczko from Arrondissement de Carpentras (near B\u00e9doin), Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-C\u00f4te d'Azur, France (call, flight call)

Nest
An inner cup of moss and feathers, surrounded by grass and stems, in a crevice amongst rocks.

Eggs (Guide)
3 - 4; smooth, glossy, pale blue; 21 - 23 x 16mm.

Subspecies
Most closely related to, and forming a species group with, Altai Accentor (Prunella himalayana). Birds from Corsica, described as subspecies tschusii, considered inseparable from nominate.

The following 9 subspecies are recognised:

  • collaris (Scopoli, 1769)   -  Mountains from south-western Europe east to Slovenia and Carpathians, and north-western Africa (Moroccan Atlas).
  • subalpina (Brehm, CL, 1831)   -  South-eastern Europe (Croatia east to Bulgaria, south to Greece, including Crete) and south-western Turkey.
  • montana (Hablizl, 1783)   -  Northern and eastern Turkey and Caucasus south to Iran and east to Turkmeniya.
  • rufilata (Severtsov, 1879)   -  From Kyrgyzstan eastern along Tien Shan, and from north-eastern Afghanistan and extreme northern Pakistan eastern along Pamirs to western China (Kunlun Mts).
  • erythropygia (Swinhoe, 1870)   -  From Altai Mts east to south-eastern Russia, south to northern and eastern Mongolia and north-eastern China. Also Japan (central Honshu).
  • whymperi (Baker, ECS, 1915)   -  Western Himalayas (Ladakh east to Kumaon).
  • tibetana (Bianchi, 1905)   -  Eastern Tibetan Plateau (southern from Nan Shan, east to Gansu).
  • nipalensis (Blyth, 1843)   -  Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, south-central China (south-eastern Xizang, south-western Sichuan, northern Yunnan) and northern Myanmar.
  • fennelli Deignan, 1964   -  Taiwan.



References
See References.

The Reader's Digest Book of British Birds 1980, 3rd Edition, Drive Publications Ltd ISBN 0 340 25308 8
Birds in Colour Campbell, B., 1960, Penguin Books Ltd
The Pocket Guide to Nest and Eggs Fitter, R.S.R., 1954, Collins
RSPB Handbook of British Birds Holden, P., Cleeves, T., 2002, A & C Black ISBN 0 7136 5713 8
Birds of Britain and Europe Sterry, P., et al., 2001, AA Publishing ISBN 0 7495 3068 5
The Popular Handbook of British Birds Hollom, P.A.D., 1973, H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd ISBN 0 85493 002 7


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