| Brown accentor | |
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| at Upper Sumdo, Ladakh, India | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Prunellidae |
| Genus: | Prunella |
| Species: | P. fulvescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Prunella fulvescens (Severtsov, 1873)
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The brown accentor (Prunella fulvescens) is a species of bird in the family Prunellidae. It is found in Afghanistan, China, India, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
Their natural habitat is Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation. They breed between 3,300–5,100 meters of altitude.[2] They prefer drier habitats than other accentors.[3][4]
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Prunella fulvescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22718641A132118707. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22718641A132118707.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Sharma, Puja, and Gunjan Arora. "Brown Accentor Prunella fulvescens, a new species for Uttarakhand, and a review of its status in the Himalaya."
- ^ Ali, S., & ripley, S. D., 2001. Handbook of the birds of India and Pakistan together with those of Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka (Flowerpeckers to Buntings). 2nd ed. Delhi: (Sponsored by Bombay Natural History Society.) Oxford University Press [Oxford India Paperbacks.]. Vol. 10 of 10 vols. Pp. 2 ll., pp. i–xviii, 1–250, 1 l., 2 ll.
- ^ Rasmussen, P. C., & Anderton, J. C., 2012. Birds of South Asia: the Ripley guide. 2nd ed. Washington, D.C. and Barcelona: Smithsonian Institution and Lynx Edicions. 2 vols. Pp. 1–378; 1–683.