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| Altai accentor: Prunella himalayana |
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| Altai accentor: Prunella himalayana |
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| Altai accentor: Prunella himalayana |
| Name: |
Altai
accentor: Prunella himalayana
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IUCN Status:
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Least
Concern
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Gender:
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Indeterminate
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Age:
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Adult
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Taxonomy
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Kingdom :
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Animalia
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Phylum :
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Chordata
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Class :
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Aves
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Order :
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Passeriformes
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Family :
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Prunellidae
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Genus :
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Prunella
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Species :
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himalayana
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Subspecies :
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monotypic
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Characteristics:
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Grey
head and throat, rufous and black streaked back, white mottling on throat,
horn-coloured beak, reddish-brown iris, a little larger than a sparrow – 15 cms approx in size;
lives in flocks on barren mountainside or in meadows/low scrub along
mountainsides.
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Habitat:
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Open
Mountain
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Food:
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Beetles,
Berries, Flies, Insects, Seeds, Worms
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Nesting:
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Low
bush, Rock crevice
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Photographed
at Vinayak, Pangot, Uttarakhand, India on 5.4.2015.
Camera
used: Nikon D5100 DSLR with Tamron 150-600mm lens.
Location:
Pangoot, Uttarakhand 263001, India
Labels:
Accentor,
Altai accentor,
Birds,
Fauna,
Pangot,
Passeriformes,
Prunella,
Prunella himalayana,
Prunellidae,
Uttarakhand
Labels:
Accentor,
Altai accentor,
Birds,
Fauna,
Pangot,
Passeriformes,
Prunella,
Prunella himalayana,
Prunellidae,
Uttarakhand
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