Rufous-breasted Accentor (Prunella strophiata) [XC38003]
by Jan Hein van Steenis from Xining Qinghai province, China (call)
Rufous-breasted Accentor (Prunella strophiata) [XC491494]
by Peter Boesman from Dongxia forest reserve, NE of Xining, Qinghai, China (call)
Subspecies
Apparently no close affinities within genus.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
jerdoni (Brooks, WE, 1872) - Eastern Afghanistan and western Himalayas (from Kumaon east to western Nepal).
strophiata (Blyth, 1843) - Eastern Himalayas (eastern from central Nepal), central China (eastern Qinghai, Gansu and south-western Shaanxi south to south-eastern Xizang, northern Yunnan and western Sichuan) and northern Myanmar.