Japanese Accentor
Prunella rubida(Temminck, CJ; Schlegel, H, 1845)
English (US) Japanese Accentor
The Japanese Accentor (Prunella rubida) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Prunellidae (Accentors) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: breeds southern Sakhalin and Kuril Islands and Hokkaido to Shikoku (northern to south-central Japan); winters to Kyushu (southern Japan)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Prunella rubida
- Family
- Prunellidae (Accentors)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Japanese Accentor
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ; Schlegel, H, 1845)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Accentor modularis rubidus
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ; Schlegel, H, 1845)
- Type locality
- Japan.
- Original description
- Fauna Japonica sive descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam, jussu et auspiciis superiorum, qui summum in India Batava imperium tenent, suscepto, annis 1825-1830 collegit, notis, observationibus et adumbrationibus illustravit. Vol. 4. Aves p.69 pl.32
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Accentors
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Prunella himalayana
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Prunella collaris
Maroon-backed Accentor
Prunella immaculata
Robin Accentor
Prunella rubeculoides
Black-throated Accentor
Prunella atrogularis
Radde's Accentor
Prunella ocularis
Dunnock
Prunella modularis
Siberian Accentor
Prunella montanella
Rufous-breasted Accentor
Prunella strophiata
Kozlov's Accentor
Prunella koslowi
Brown Accentor
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