Prunella atrogularis
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
The black-throated accentor (Prunella atrogularis) is a small passerine bird found in the Ural, Tian Shan and Altai Mountains. It is migratory, wintering in Afghanistan and neighboring countries. It is a rare vagrant in western Europe.
The genus name Prunella is from German Braunelle - "brown" in diminutive form. The specific atrogularis is from Latin, meaning "black-throated"; ater - "black" and gular - "throat". There are two recognized subspecies: P. a. atrogularis - Breeds in the northern and central Ural Mountains of northwestern Russia. Winters in eastern Iran, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, south to Afghanistan and the southwestern Indian subcontinent.
P. a. Huttoni - Breeds in Central Asia, from the Altai Mountains south to the Tien Shan and Pamir Mountains. In winter it migrate south, to southwest Asia. The name Huttoni commemorates the British captain and mamologist Thomas Hutton (1807–1874) who served in India and Afghanistan.
This is a dunnock-sized bird, 13.5–14 centimetres (5.3–5.5 in) in length. It has a streaked dark brown back, somewhat resembling a house sparrow, but adults have a black crown, face patch and throat, and... Wikipedia →
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Ürümqi | 🇨🇳 China |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-throated Accentor sighting in Ürümqi on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 21st most-seen of the 26 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Black-throated Accentor in Ürümqi on a given day, against under 5% in June–July and November, the lowest months. January–May and August have too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-throated Accentor sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Ürümqi, in our data
Ürümqi is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Black-throated Accentor sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Black-throated Accentor that you can see in Ürümqi (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Great Tit (about 70%), Eurasian Magpie (about 70%) and Eurasian Blackbird (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-throated Accentor is recorded against all the birds logged in Ürümqi (5 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
