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Subspecies and Distribution.
P. a. atrogularis N-W USSR. P. a. huttoni C Asia. synonym P. a. lucens C Asia. | ||||||||||
Descriptive notes.15 cm, 20-24 g, wingspan 21-23 cm. Slightly larger than Hedge Accentor. Similar form to Siberian Accentor but with more heavily marked head, black on chin and throat, black-streaked brown back, and rather pale brown rump.Sexes similar, little seasonal variation. HabitatBreeds in upper and middle continental latitudes, in north in subalpine belt in clumps of stunted spruce shrubs, while in central Asia it inhabits tall conifer forests, also nests in broad-leaved forests and in scrub with plenty of juniper, or in impassable thickets.Avoids open areas, living in low dense and often thorny bushes or on ground, but sings from top of shrub or small tree, hiding in thicket when alarmed. Food and FeedingDiet largely insects, supplemented by seeds. Will also take other small arthropods.Feeds of ground, favouring woods, dense shrubs, grassy clearings, and stream banks. In winter, normally in patches of weeds, reeds, bushes, and alongside ditches. Breeding.May-Jul in Urals mountains. Nest site on branch of tree or shrub. Nest cup of twigs and moss, with some grass leaves and stems, lined with finer material and hair, building by female.3-5 eggs, sub-elliptical, smooth and glossy, deep blue-green. Incubation 11-14 days, by female only. Movements.Urals population migratory, central Asian population partially so, also moving altitudinally.Combined winter quarters lie in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, and mountains of central Asia, races apparently mixing over much of this range. Status and ConservationNot globally threatened. No evidence of range or population changes, but in USSR numbers quite low.Israel.In Israel subspecies P. a. atrogularis straggler, record in Jerusalem mountains. |
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