Siberian Accentor

Siberian Accentor / Prunella montanella

Siberian Accentor

Here the details of the Siberian Accentor named bird below:

SCI Name:  Prunella montanella
Protonym:  Motacilla montanella ReiseVersch.Provin.Russ.Reichs 3 p.695
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Prunellidae /
Taxonomy Code:  sibacc
Type Locality:  Dauria.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1776
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

PRUNELLA
(Prunellidae; Ϯ Dunnock P. modularis) German Braunelle  Dunnock  < dim. braun  brown (cf. Med. L. burneta  hedge-sparrow), from the rufous-brown upperparts of the familiar and homely Dunnock; "Braunelle.  ...  Herr Hallen hat ihm mit Recht den Namen des braunen Fliegenstechers gegeben" (Günther 1772); "MOUCHET, Prunella, Gessner.  Motacilla, Linn. Gm.  Sylvia, Lath.  Bec fin, droit, subulé, aigu, à bords courbés en dedans; mandibules égales; la supérieure un peu inclinée et entaillée à la pointe. — Ailes courtes, à penne bâtarde; la première remige plus courte que la cinquième; la troisième la plus longue.  Esp. Fauvette de haie, Buff." (Vieillot 1816); "Prunella Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 43. Type, by monotypy, "Fauvette de haie" Buffon = Motacilla modularis Linnaeus." (Ripley in Peters 1964, X, 3).
Synon. Accentor, Aprunella, Braunella, Laiscopus, Rhododendroeca, Spermolegus, Tharrhaleus.

montanella / montanellus
Mod. L. montanellus  little mountaineer  < dim. L. montanus  mountain-, belonging to a mountain  < mons, montis  mountain.

SUBSPECIES

Siberian Accentor (montanella)
SCI Name: Prunella montanella montanella
montanella / montanellus
Mod. L. montanellus  little mountaineer  < dim. L. montanus  mountain-, belonging to a mountain  < mons, montis  mountain.

Siberian Accentor (badia)
SCI Name: Prunella montanella badia
badia
L. badius chestnut-coloured, brown.
● ex “Cancrophagus castaneus” of Brisson 1760, “Crabier roux” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Chesnut Heron” of Latham 1785 (syn. Nycticorax nycticorax).