Alpine Accentor
Prunella collaris
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassAves (Birds)
- OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
- FamilyPrunellidae (Accentors)
- GenusPrunella (selfheals)
- SpeciesPrunella collaris (Alpine Accentor)
About the Alpine Accentor
The alpine accentor (Prunella collaris) is a small passerine bird in the family Prunellidae, which is native to Eurasia and North Africa. The Alpine accentor was described by the Italian naturalist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1769. He coined the binomial name Sturnus collaris and specified the type locality as the Carinthia region of southern Austria. The specific epithet is from the Latin collaris "of the neck". This species is now placed in the genus Prunella that was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816. The Alpine accentor, along with the Altai accentor is sometimes separated from the other accentors, into the genus Laiscopus.
The word "accentor" is from post-classical Latin and means a person who sings with another. The genus name Prunella is from the German Braunelle, "dunnock", a diminutive of braun, "brown". Nine subspecies are recognised:
P. c. collaris (Scopoli, 1769) — southwest Europe to Slovenia and the Carpathians, northwest Africa P. c. subalpina (Brehm, CL, 1831) — Croatia to Bulgaria and Greece, Crete and southwest Turkey P. c. montana (Hablizl, 1783) — north and east Turkey to the Caucasus and Iran
P. c. rufilata (Severtzov... Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Vanoise National Park
Dunnock
Prunella modularis
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebs
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochruros
White Wagtail
Motacilla alba
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculus
Eurasian Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestris
Carrion Crow
Corvus corone
Coal Tit
Periparus ater
Eurasian Blackbird
Turdus merula
Great Tit
Parus major
Common Raven
Corvus corax
Eurasian Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelis
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Picos de Europa National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Hohe Tauern National Park | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 3 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 4 | Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Tatra National Park | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | |
| 6 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 7 | Langtang National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 8 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 9 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 10 | Khangchendzonga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 11 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 12 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 13 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 14 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 15 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 16 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 17 | Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | |
| 18 | Nikko National Park | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 19 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 20 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Alpine Accentor in Vanoise National Park?
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Alpine Accentor sighting in Vanoise National Park, based on 129 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Alpine Accentor in Vanoise National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Alpine Accentor in Vanoise National Park in our monthly data.