Prunella himalayana
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
The Altai accentor (Prunella himalayana) is a species of bird in the family Prunellidae. It is also known as the rufous-streaked accentor or Himalayan accentor. It breeds in the Altai Mountains of western Mongolia; it winters in the southern Tian Shan and Himalayan ranges.
The Altai accentor was described by the English zoologist Edward Blyth in 1842 and given the binomial name Accentor himalayanus. The Altai accentor is now placed in the genus Prunella that was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816. The species is monotypic.
This species, along with the alpine accentor, is sometimes separated from the other accentors into the genus Laiscopus. This accentor is a relatively large member of its family, measuring 15-15.5 cm in length. It has a gray head, a white throat framed by black spots, and a chestnut-brown with dark streaks back and mantle. The upperparts are a paler shade of brown. The wings are rusty brown with two distinct white wing bars, and the underside is white with rusty red spots on the breast and flanks.
The altai accentor breeds in mountainous regions from southern Russia... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Langtang National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Himalayan Accentor sighting in Langtang National Park on a given day, based on 34 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 115th most-seen of the 225 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.
March
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Himalayan Accentor in Langtang National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July, September–October and December, the lowest months. That is one of Langtang National Park's driest months, with about 55 mm of rain against 390 mm in July.
Only Langtang National Park, in our data
Langtang National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Himalayan Accentor sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Prunella
The closest relatives of the Himalayan Accentor that you can see in Langtang National Park (genus Prunella, selfheals) are Rufous-breasted Accentor (about 20%) and Alpine Accentor (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Himalayan Accentor is recorded against all the birds logged in Langtang National Park (34 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.
