Rufous-breasted accentor | |
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From Lungthu (~11,000 ft) in Sikkim, India. | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Prunellidae |
Genus: | Prunella |
Species: | P. strophiata
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Binomial name | |
Prunella strophiata (
Blyth, 1843)
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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.
Its natural habitat is temperate forest.
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]
Rufous-breasted accentor | |
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From Lungthu (~11,000 ft) in Sikkim, India. | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Prunellidae |
Genus: | Prunella |
Species: | P. strophiata
|
Binomial name | |
Prunella strophiata (
Blyth, 1843)
|
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.
Its natural habitat is temperate forest.
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]