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Alpine Accentor

Prunella collaris

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesGrasslandCup nestSmall · 39 g
Alpine Accentor (Prunella collaris), photo 1
Photo: Riccardo Riva · CC BY 4.0
Alpine Accentor (Prunella collaris), photo 2
Photo: Riccardo Riva · CC BY 4.0
Alpine Accentor (Prunella collaris), photo 3
Photo: ANGEL MARCOS LUENGO BELLO · CC BY 4.0
Alpine Accentor (Prunella collaris), photo 4
Photo: ANGEL MARCOS LUENGO BELLO · CC BY 4.0
Alpine Accentor (Prunella collaris), photo 5
Photo: Johannes S. · CC BY 4.0
Alpine Accentor (Prunella collaris), photo 6
Photo: leonardo_mao · CC0
Alpine Accentor (Prunella collaris), photo 7
Photo: leonardo_mao · CC0
Alpine Accentor (Prunella collaris), photo 8
Photo: yijie · CC0
Alpine Accentor (Prunella collaris), photo 9
Photo: yijie · CC0
Alpine Accentor (Prunella collaris), photo 10
Photo: Koshy Koshy from Faridabad, Haryana, India · CC BY 2.0

What the Alpine Accentor sounds like

Sonogram of the Alpine Accentor: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Sonothèque ADVL · Flight call · Carolles, Manche, Normandie, France · CC0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

This is a robin-sized bird at 15–17.5 cm (5.9–6.9 in) in length, slightly larger than its relative, the dunnock. It has a streaked brown back, somewhat resembling a house sparrow, but adults have an all-grey head and red-brown spotting on the underparts. It has an insectivore's fine pointed bill. Sexes are similar, although the male may be contrasted in appearance. Young birds have browner heads and underparts.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

When to see the Alpine Accentor

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Alpine Accentor

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 50 countries with regular records, and 9 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

France Spain India Switzerland Taiwan Austria Italy China Portugal Nepal Bhutan Türkiye Germany Sweden Georgia Japan Poland Greece Morocco United Kingdom Slovakia Slovenia Bulgaria Iran Mongolia Azerbaijan Romania Armenia Czechia Russia Andorra Hungary South Korea Kyrgyzstan Ukraine Algeria Israel Kazakhstan Croatia Liechtenstein Montenegro North Macedonia Pakistan Bosnia & Herzegovina Serbia Tunisia Albania Iraq Uzbekistan San Marino

Recorded as a rare visitor in Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Tajikistan, Myanmar (Burma), Palestinian Territories, Finland, Gibraltar, Kosovo.

About the Alpine Accentor

The alpine accentor is a small passerine bird in the family Prunellidae, which is native to Eurasia and North Africa.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Rufous-breasted Accentor (Prunella strophiata) Rufous-breasted AccentorPrunella strophiataThe rufous-breasted accentor is passerine bird in the family Prunellidae, endemic to the Himalayas, descending in the winter to lower-to-middle altitudes. Siberian Accentor (Prunella montanella) Siberian AccentorPrunella montanellaThe Siberian accentor is on average 14.5 centimetres (5.7 in) long and weighs 17.5 grams (0.62 oz). Robin Accentor (Prunella rubeculoides) Robin AccentorPrunella rubeculoidesThe robin accentor is a large accentor, growing to a length of about 17 cm (7 in).

Side by side: Alpine Accentor vs Dunnock · Alpine Accentor vs Siberian Accentor · Alpine Accentor vs Robin Accentor

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