Black-throated Accentor (Prunella atrogularis) [XC236700]
by Arend Wassink from Between Observatory and Kosmostansia, Ile-Alatau NP, Almaty, Kazakhstan (song)
Black-throated Accentor (Prunella atrogularis) [XC811529]
by Ding Li Yong from Balshoye Almatinskyi Ozera and further down to Almaty, Kazakhstan (song)
Proposed central Asian subspecies lucens (described from R Tzagma, in central Tien Shan) and menzbieri (from Katon-Karagai, in south-western Altai) regarded as synonymous with huttoni. Original spelling of species name has repeatedly been quoted as "atragularis", but this is erroneous.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
atrogularis (Brandt, 1844) - Breeds in northern and central Ural Mts, in north-western Russia. Non-breeding in south-western Asia.
huttoni (Moore, F, 1854) - Breeds in mountains of west-central Asia, from Altai Mts south to Pamirs. Non-breeding in south-western Asia.