Species group · Birds

Accentors

WAnimals has 2 species of accentor, all in the family Prunellidae.

2 species

1 family

50 countries

262 parks

Ranges calculated from the entries that record the figure, not from all 2.

All 2 species of accentors on WAnimals

Each one has its own full entry. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.

Dunnock

Prunella modularis

Alpine Accentor

Prunella collaris

2 Least Concern

No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.

Recorded in 50 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:

It has one of the most complex mating systems of any European bird: it forms trios of one male with two females or one female with two males, and also pairs and larger groups.
From Dunnock
When a female has two males, both help her raise the brood in proportion to how much they have mated with her, and her clutch can be double the usual size.
From Dunnock
It is one of the common cuckoo's favourite victims, and is parasitised by it regularly.
From Dunnock
It lives in polygynandry: groups of three or four males and three or four females that all mate with each other, in which each male feeds the chicks of the nests where he has copulated. The males' testes are enormous in proportion to the body because of the intensity of sperm competition.
From Alpine Accentor
It is one of the highest-breeding birds in Europe: in the Alps and the Himalayas it is found above 4,000 metres.
From Alpine Accentor