- 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
- 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
References
- 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/
- Avibase
- BWPi
- Wikipedia
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2016)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Siberian Accentor. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 November 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Siberian_Accentor
