Prunella collaris
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
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: Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Picos de Europa National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 3 | Tatra National Park | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | |
| 4 | Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Langtang National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 6 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 7 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 8 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 9 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 10 | Hohe Tauern National Park | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 11 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 12 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 13 | Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | |
| 14 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 15 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seoul | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Alpine Accentor sighting in Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 102nd most-seen of the 122 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Alpine Accentor in Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May–July, September and December, the lowest months. January–April and October–November have too few records to rate.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Alpine Accentor sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
13th of 15
Of the 15 parks where we can rate Alpine Accentor sightings, Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park ranks 13th at under 5%. The best odds are in Picos de Europa National Park (Spain, about 30%), Taroko National Park (Taiwan, about 20%) and Tatra National Park (Slovakia, about 20%).
Same genus: Prunella
The closest relatives of the Alpine Accentor that you can see in Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park (genus Prunella, selfheals) are Brown Accentor (about 50%) and Mongolian Accentor (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Alpine Accentor is recorded against all the birds logged in Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park (7 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
