How big is a Japanese Accentor?

The Japanese Accentor is a small sized bird weighing about 17 g.

Where can you see a Japanese Accentor?

The Japanese Accentor occurs in 2 countries, including Japan and Russia.

What birds look similar to a Japanese Accentor?

The Japanese Accentor is most easily confused with the Radde's Accentor, the Kozlov's Accentor and the Maroon-backed Accentor.

Is the Japanese Accentor endangered?

The Japanese Accentor is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Japanese Accentor

Prunella rubida

Accentors · Passeriformes · Rare

The Japanese Accentor (Prunella rubida) is a rare accentor found in 2 countries, weighing about 17 g. The Japanese accentor is a species of bird in the family Prunellidae.

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Japanese Accentor (Prunella rubida), photo 1 — Photo: Forest Botial-Jarvis · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Japanese Accentor (Prunella rubida), photo 2 — Photo: Forest Botial-Jarvis · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Japanese Accentor (Prunella rubida), photo 3 — Photo: Timur Kalininsky · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Japanese Accentor (Prunella rubida), photo 4 — Photo: Timur Kalininsky · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Japanese Accentor (Prunella rubida), photo 5 — Photo: Griha Hasanov · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Japanese Accentor (Prunella rubida), photo 6 — Photo: Лариса Артемьева · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Japanese Accentor (Prunella rubida), photo 7 — Photo: M. Nishimura (Pokopong at ja.wikipedia) · CC BY 3.0

Japanese Accentor (Prunella rubida), photo 8 — Photo: Philipp Franz von Siebold · Public domain

Japanese Accentor (Prunella rubida), photo 9 — Photo: Forest Botial-Jarvis · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Japanese Accentor (Prunella rubida), photo 10 — Photo: Forest Botial-Jarvis · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

About the Japanese Accentor

The Japanese accentor is a species of bird in the family Prunellidae. It is found in Japan and Sakhalin.

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Where it lives

Japan Russia

When to see it

Best months: January, February, March, May, June, July, August, September, December, with peak activity in February. It is a variable species across most of its range.

Easily confused with

Quick questions

What does a Japanese Accentor look like?: The Japanese accentor is a species of bird in the family Prunellidae.
How big is a Japanese Accentor?: The Japanese Accentor is a small sized bird weighing about 17 g.
Where can you see a Japanese Accentor?: The Japanese Accentor occurs in 2 countries, including Japan and Russia.
What birds look similar to a Japanese Accentor?: The Japanese Accentor is most easily confused with the Radde's Accentor, the Kozlov's Accentor and the Maroon-backed Accentor.
Is the Japanese Accentor endangered?: The Japanese Accentor is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

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