Robin Accentor

Prunella rubeculoides (Moore, F, 1854)

17 cmLength24 gWeight

It has a gray head and neck and an orange-red breast, and lives in alpine areas at about 3,000–5,500 m.

Busiest months: June–July · Most records: China, Bhutan

Least Concern

How to identify

Field marks

Head and neck gray
Breast orange-red, belly white
Back brown with black streaks
Upperwing coverts with white tips

Male, female and young

Sexes similar.

Voice

A high-pitched trill or repeated “tszi tszi”.

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: June–July · Most records: China, Bhutan

Robin Accentor has been recorded at 92 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 2 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Rubber Mountain PassChina96 records
Shugseb NunneryChina55 records
Qinghai Lake – K11 hillChina39 records

More places

GangshikaChina34 records
Temple of Princess WenchengChina30 records
E'La Mountain PassChina27 records
Baxi ForestChina17 records
Yamdrok LakeChina15 records
JieguChina15 records
Namtso LakeChina14 records

Countries and regions with the most records

China Bhutan

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The robin accentor (Prunella rubeculoides) is a species of bird in the family Prunellidae. It is found in the mountainous regions of Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan and China, at altitudes between about 3,000 and 5,500 m (9,800 and 18,000 ft). It is a brown bird with a grey head and an orange-red breast.

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