The Altai accentor (Prunella himalayana) is a species of bird in the family Prunellidae. It is also known as the rufous-streaked accentor or Himalayan accentor. It breeds in the Altai Mountains of western Mongolia; it winters in the southern Tian Shan and Himalayan ranges.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Prunellidae |
| Genus: | Prunella |
| Species: | P. himalayana
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| Binomial name | |
| Prunella himalayana (Blyth, 1842)
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| Synonyms | |
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Laiscopus himalayanus | |
Taxonomy edit
The Altai accentor was described by the English zoologist Edward Blyth in 1842 and given the binomial name Accentor himalayanus.[2] The Altai accentor is now placed in the genus Prunella that was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816.[3] The species is monotypic.[4]
This species, along with the alpine accentor, is sometimes separated from the other accentors into the genus Laiscopus.[5]
Gallery edit
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Altai accentor in Pangot -
Flock of Altai accentor in flight. From Pangot, Uttarakhand, India -
highly camouflaged when on ground at Gnathang Valley, Sikkim, India -
Taken at Gnathang, Sikkim, India -
Painting by John Gould
References edit
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Prunella himalayana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22718620A132118459. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22718620A132118459.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Blyth, Edward (1842). "Notes on various Indian and Malayan birds, with descriptions of some presumed new species". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 11 (121): 160–195 [187].
- ^ Vieillot, Louis Pierre (1816). Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Élémentaire (in French). Paris: Deterville/self. p. 43.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Waxbills, parrotfinches, munias, whydahs, Olive Warbler, accentors, pipits". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ HBW volume 10, page 496
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