Accentors
Prunella
The accentors are a genus of birds in the family Prunellidae, which is the only bird family endemic to the Palearctic. This small group of closely related passerines are all in the genus Prunella. All but the dunnock and the Japanese accentor are inhabitants of the mountainous regions of Europe and Asia; these two also occur in lowland areas, as does the Siberian accentor in the far north of Siberia. These birds are not strongly migratory,...
12 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 12 known species
Dunnock
speciesPrunella modularis
Alpine Accentor
speciesPrunella collaris
Brown Accentor
speciesPrunella fulvescens
Rufous-breasted Accentor
speciesPrunella strophiata
Black-throated Accentor
speciesPrunella atrogularis
Altai Accentor
speciesPrunella himalayana
Siberian Accentor
speciesPrunella montanella
Robin Accentor
speciesPrunella rubeculoides
Japanese Accentor
speciesPrunella rubida
Radde's Accentor
speciesPrunella ocularis
Maroon-backed Accentor
speciesPrunella immaculata
Mongolian Accentor
speciesPrunella koslowi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Famine Relief Herbal
Zhu Su · 1406 · p.77
Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms: Herbs and Trees, Volume 5
王圻, 王思義 · 1609 · p.44
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 11)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.119
Historiae Animalium Liber III: De Avium Natura
Conrad Gesner · 1555 · p.668
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.153
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.351
The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.111
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.655
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.653
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.382
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.383
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.813
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 13982.