Alpine Accentor
The alpine accentor (Prunella collaris) is a small passerine bird in the family Prunellidae, which is native to Eurasia and North Africa. == Taxonomy == 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, 1879) — northeast Afghanistan and north Pakistan…
Picos de Europa National Park
Posada de Valdeón, Spain
+120 birds+17 mammals
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Molinell, Spain
+132 birds+19 mammals
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Benasque, Spain
+121 birds+29 mammals
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Olesa de Montserrat, Spain
+123 birds+28 mammals
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Válor, Spain
+71 birds+3 mammals
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la Vall de Boí, Spain
+106 birds+15 mammals
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Sobrarbe, Spain
+121 birds+29 mammals
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Helambu, Nepal
+135 birds+18 mammals
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Bhatwari, India
+63 birds+8 mammals
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Khumjung, Nepal
+119 birds+16 mammals
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Sakkyong, India
+132 birds+30 mammals
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Cassibrós, Spain
+95 birds+22 mammals
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Vidrieros, Spain
+86 birds+15 mammals
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San Juan de Beleño, Spain
+35 birds+8 mammals
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Vebron, France
+120 birds+32 mammals
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Isola, France
+120 birds+29 mammals
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La Chapelle-en-Valgaudémar, France
+107 birds+24 mammals
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Val-Cenis, France
+105 birds+21 mammals
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Tolox, Spain
+79 birds+6 mammals
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Rascafría, Spain
+141 birds+19 mammals
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Font-Montnegre, Spain
+110 birds+24 mammals
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Dömös, Hungary
+121 birds+30 mammals
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Bagà, Spain
+122 birds+30 mammals
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Viladrau, Spain
+105 birds+22 mammals
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Our Lady of Cabeza, Spain
+105 birds+20 mammals
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+121 birds+28 mammals
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Marganell, Spain
+126 birds+30 mammals
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Siresa, Spain
+76 birds+11 mammals
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Candeleda, Spain
+130 birds+10 mammals
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VIEW NATURE RESERVERacha-Lechkhum-Kvemo Svaneti Planned National Park
Zeskho, Georgia
+91 birds+11 mammals
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Hamashi-Totoleshi, Georgia
+107 birds+8 mammals
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Bozali, Georgia
+148 birds+6 mammals
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San Juan de Plan, Spain
+123 birds+30 mammals
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VIEW FOREST & JUNGLERegional Park of the Catalan Pyrenees
Olette, France
+120 birds+30 mammals
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Bansko, Bulgaria
+133 birds+21 mammals
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Mala tsarkva, Bulgaria
+131 birds+20 mammals
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Alfara de Carles, Spain
+55 birds+8 mammals
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Bocairent, Spain
+95 birds+13 mammals
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La Farga, Spain
+108 birds+20 mammals
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Capo di Ponte, Italy
+120 birds+30 mammals
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Valfurva, Italy
+120 birds+30 mammals
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Cogne, Italy
+78 birds+22 mammals
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Santa Sofia, Italy
+120 birds+30 mammals
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Pacentro, Italy
+53 birds+14 mammals
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Pietracamela, Italy
+78 birds+18 mammals
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Ussita, Italy
+123 birds+27 mammals
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Reggio nell'Emilia, Italy
+120 birds+30 mammals
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Mianyang, China
+120 birds+30 mammals
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Jiuzhaigou County, China
+94 birds+10 mammals
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Raigahar Dhar, India
+128 birds+20 mammals
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Bieszczady County, Poland
+82 birds+6 mammals
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Zakopane, Poland
+93 birds+2 mammals
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Pola de Somiedo, Spain
+120 birds+30 mammals
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Segan, Spain
+125 birds+29 mammals
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Ainet de Besan, Spain
+121 birds+30 mammals
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Chania Regional Unit, Greece
+134 birds+4 mammals
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Pieria Regional Unit, Greece
+133 birds+17 mammals
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