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Siberian Accentor - BirdForum Opus

Photo by bazanbirds
Yeongdeok, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea, February 2010
Prunella montanella

Identification

13-14.5 cm (5-5¾ in)

  • Bill: black and finely pointed (brownish-yellow base to lower mandible)
  • Legs brownish-yellow

Adult Male

  • Dark brownish-black crown
  • Broad, pale buff to cream supercilium
  • Blackish cheek patch
  • Pale buff chin and throat
  • Upperparts reddish-brown, indistinctly streaked
Female
Photo by BIJ
Tian Tong Yuan, Beijing, China, January 2008
  • Narrow double wing bar
  • Greyish rump
  • Buff breast with light blackish streaking
  • Reddish streaks on flanks

Female: upperparts less rufous, black markings on breast are less bold
Juvenile: duller and less boldly marked than adult

Similar Species

Slightly smaller than Black-throated Accentor.

Distribution

Europe and Asia:
Eastern Europe: Scandinavia, Norway, Finland, Lithuania, Iraq, Turkey
Asia: Russia, Siberia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, India, Western Himalayas, Korea

Taxonomy

Subspecies[1]

There are 2 subspecies:

  • P. m. montanella:
  • Ural Mountains to Altai, Lake Baikal and Sikhote Alin Mountains
  • P. m. badia:
  • North-eastern Siberia (lower Lena River to Sea of Okhotsk)

Habitat

Pine forests, mountain river valleys, wetlands, orchard and plantations.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet consists mostly of insects, such as beetles, mayflies, earwigs and bugs.

Breeding

Polygynandrous.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. BWPi
  4. Wikipedia
  5. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2016)

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