Prunella strophiata
Silhouette: Matt Wilkins · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The rufous-breasted accentor (Prunella strophiata) is passerine bird in the family Prunellidae, endemic to the Himalayas, descending in the winter to lower-to-middle altitudes. It is found in Afghanistan, Bhutan, Tibet, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan.
Its natural habitat is temperate forest. The rufous-breasted accentor was described by the English zoologist Edward Blyth in 1843 from a specimen collected in Nepal. He coined the binomial name Accentor strophiatus. The specific epithet strophiatus/strophiata is from Latin strophium "breast-band". The rufous-breasted accentor is now placed in the genus Prunella that was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Vieillot in 1816.
Two subspecies are recognised: Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Langtang National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 2 | Jiuzhaigou National Park | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 3 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-breasted Accentor sighting in Jiuzhaigou National Park on a given day, based on 30 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 57th most-seen of the 131 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-breasted Accentor in Jiuzhaigou National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May, the lowest month. That is one of Jiuzhaigou National Park's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain against 180 mm in July. January to March have too few records to rate.
Between 3 and 6 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rufous-breasted Accentor sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Rufous-breasted Accentor sightings, Jiuzhaigou National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Langtang National Park (Nepal, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rufous-breasted Accentor is recorded against all the birds logged in Jiuzhaigou National Park (30 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.
