Radde's accentor explained

Radde's accentor (Prunella ocularis) is a species of bird in the family Prunellidae. It is found in mountainous parts of Yemen and northern Southwest Asia.

Its natural habitat is temperate grassland.

Taxonomy

Radde's accentor was described by the German naturalist Gustav Radde in 1884 from a specimen collected in the Talysh Mountains near the Azerbaijan-Iran border. He coined the binomial name Accentor ocularis.^[1] It is now placed in the genus Prunella that was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816.^[2] The species is monotypic.^[3]

External links

• Xeno-canto: audio recordings of Radde's accentor

Notes and References

1. Book: Radde, Gustav . Gustav Radde . 1884 . Ornis Caucasica. Die Vogelwelt des Kaukasus systematisch und biologischgepgraphisch bescrieben . de . 33, 244-245, pl. 14 .
2. Book: Vieillot, Louis Pierre . Louis Pierre Vieillot . 1816 . Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Élémentaire . Deterville/self . Paris . 43 . fr.
3. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . 2019 . Waxbills, parrotfinches, munias, whydahs, Olive Warbler, accentors, pipits . World Bird List Version 9.1 . International Ornithologists' Union . 12 March 2019 .