Rufous-breasted accentor
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| name = Rufous-breasted accentor
| image = Rufous-breasted Accentor Lungthu Sikkim India 03.11.2014.jpg
| image_caption = From Lungthu (~11,000 ft) in Sikkim, India.
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Prunella
| species = strophiata
| authority = (Blyth, 1843)
| synonyms =
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The rufous-breasted accentor (Prunella strophiata) is passerine bird in the family Prunellidae, endemic to the Himalayas, descending in the winter to lower-to-middle altitudes. It is found in Afghanistan, Bhutan, Tibet, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan.
Its natural habitat is temperate forest.
Taxonomy
The rufous-breasted accentor was described by the English zoologist Edward Blyth in 1843 from a specimen collected in Nepal. He coined the binomial name Accentor strophiatus.{{ cite journal | last=Blyth | first=Edward | author-link=Edward Blyth | year=1843 | title=Mr. Blyth's monthly report for the December meeting 1842 | journal=Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal | volume=12 Part 2 | issue=143 | pages=925–1011 [959] | url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40060948 }} The specific epithet strophiatus/strophiata is from Latin strophium "breast-band".{{cite web | last=Jobling | first=J.A. | year=2019 | title= Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology | editor1-last=del Hoyo | editor1-first=J. | editor2-last=Elliott | editor2-first=A. | editor3-last=Sargatal | editor3-first=J. | editor4-last=Christie | editor4-first=D.A. | editor5-last=de Juana | editor5-first=E. | work=Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive | publisher=Lynx Edicions | url=https://www.hbw.com/dictionary/definition/strophiata-strophiatus | access-date=12 March 2019 }} The rufous-breasted accentor is now placed in the genus Prunella that was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Vieillot in 1816.{{cite book | last=Vieillot | first=Louis Pierre | author-link=Louis Pierre Vieillot | year=1816 | title=Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Élémentaire | publisher=Deterville/self | location=Paris | page = 43 | language=French| url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9745205x/f49.image }}
Two subspecies are recognised:{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | year=2019 | title=Waxbills, parrotfinches, munias, whydahs, Olive Warbler, accentors, pipits | work=World Bird List Version 9.1 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/waxbills/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=12 March 2019 }}
- P. s. jerdoni (Brooks, WE, 1872) – east Afghanistan and west Himalayas
- P. s. strophiata (Blyth, 1843) – central and east Himalayas to central China and north Myanmar
References
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External links
- [https://www.xeno-canto.org/species/Prunella-strophiata Xeno-canto: audio recordings of the rufous-breasted accentor]
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Category:Birds of the Himalayas
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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