Rufous-breasted accentor

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Rufous-breasted accentor
Rufous-breasted Accentor Lungthu Sikkim India 03.11.2014.jpg
From Lungthu (~11,000 ft) in Sikkim, India.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Prunellidae
Genus: Prunella
Species:
P. strophiata
Binomial name
Prunella strophiata
(Blyth, 1843)
Eggs of Prunella strophiata MHNT Prunella strophiata MHNT 226 Setchouan HdB.jpg
Eggs of Prunella strophiata MHNT
Individual in Zuluk Sikkim Rufous Breasted Accentor Male.jpg
Individual in Zuluk Sikkim

The rufous-breasted accentor (Prunella strophiata) is passerine bird in the family Prunellidae, endemic to the Himalayas, descending in the winter to lower-to-middle altitudes. It is found in Afghanistan, Bhutan, Tibet, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan.

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Its natural habitat is temperate forest.

Taxonomy

The rufous-breasted accentor was described by the English zoologist Edward Blyth in 1843 from a specimen collected in Nepal. He coined the binomial name Accentor strophiatus. [2] The specific epithet strophiatus/strophiata is from Latin strophium "breast-band". [3] The rufous-breasted accentor is now placed in the genus Prunella that was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Vieillot in 1816. [4]

Two subspecies are recognised: [5]

P. s. strophiata at Helambu, Nepal. Rufous-breasted-Accentor.jpg
P. s. strophiata at Helambu, Nepal.

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Prunella strophiata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T22718627A94589875. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22718627A94589875.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Blyth, Edward (1843). "Mr. Blyth's monthly report for the December meeting 1842". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 12 Part 2 (143): 925–1011 [959].
  3. ↑ Jobling, J.A. (2019). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  4. ↑ Vieillot, Louis Pierre (1816). Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Élémentaire (in French). Paris: Deterville/self. p. 43.
  5. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Waxbills, parrotfinches, munias, whydahs, Olive Warbler, accentors, pipits". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 12 March 2019.



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