Alpine Accentor

Prunella collaris (Scopoli, 1769) ALPAC 10940
Family: Passeriformes > Prunellidae

Alpine Accentor, John Harding

Related to our Dunnock, Alpine Accentor is a denizen of high mountain pastures in the Alps. A few dozen individuals have been recorded in Britain, with the bulk of these records coming from southern England.

Recorded in all months, but with peaks in April–May and November–January.

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  • Breeding
  • Winter
99 records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
99 records

BTO RECORDS

99 records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
99 records

BTO RECORDS

Identification

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Status and Trends

Population size and trends and patterns of distribution based on BTO surveys and atlases with data collected by BTO volunteers.

CONSERVATION STATUS

This species can be found on the following statutory and conservation listings and schedules.

POPULATION SIZE

We have no population estimates for this scarce species.

DISTRIBUTION

This vagrant is too rarely reported to map distribution.

Occupied 10-km squares in UK

European Distribution Map

European Breeding Bird Atlas 2

Movement

Information about movement and migration based on online bird portals (e.g. BirdTrack), Ringing schemes and tracking studies.

RINGING RECOVERIES

View a summary of recoveries in the Online Ringing Report.

Biology

Lifecycle and body size information about Alpine Accentor, including statistics on nesting, eggs and lifespan based on BTO ringing and nest recording data.

PRODUCTIVITY & NESTING

Sample sizes are too small to report Productivity and Nesting statistics for this species.

BIOMETRICS

Sample sizes are too small to report Biometrics for this species.

Feather measurements and photos on featherbase

CODES & CLASSIFICATION

For information in another language (where available) click on a linked name

Welsh: Llwyd Mynydd
Catalan: cercavores alpí
Czech: pevuška podhorní
Danish: Alpe-jernspurv
Dutch: Alpenheggenmus
Estonian: mägiraat
Finnish: alppirautiainen
French: Accenteur alpin
German: Alpenbraunelle
Hungarian: havasi szürkebegy
Icelandic: Urðartítla
Italian: Sordone
Latvian: Alpu pelkajite
Lithuanian: alpinis eršketžvirblis
Norwegian: Alpejernspurv
Polish: plochacz halny
Portuguese: ferreirinha-serrana
Slovak: vrchárka cervenkavá
Slovenian: planinska pevka
Spanish: Acentor alpino
Swedish: alpjärnsparv

Links to more information from ConservationEvidence.com

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