Rufous-breasted accentor explained
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.[1] The specific epithet strophiatus/strophiata is from Latin strophium "breast-band".[2] The rufous-breasted accentor is now placed in the genus Prunella that was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Vieillot in 1816.[3]
Two subspecies are recognised:[4]
- 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
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Notes and References
- Blyth . Edward . Edward Blyth . 1843 . Mr. Blyth's monthly report for the December meeting 1842 . Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal . 12 Part 2 . 143 . 925–1011 [959] .
- Web site: Jobling . J.A. . 2019 . Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology . del Hoyo . J. . Elliott . A. . Sargatal . J. . Christie . D.A. . de Juana . E. . Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive . Lynx Edicions . 12 March 2019 .
- Book: Vieillot, Louis Pierre . Louis Pierre Vieillot . 1816 . Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Élémentaire . Deterville/self . Paris . 43 . French.
- 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 .
