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	Birding In Taiwan - Alpine Accentor
		The Alpine Accentor is a small (18 cm) bird with a short, straight, fairly thin bill, a grey head and breast, and flanks heavily mottled bright chestnut.
		Alpine Accentors breed in mountain ranges, from alpine meadows above the tree-line up to the snow-line.
		The Alpine Accentor is a fairly common resident at higher elevations in the central mountains of Taiwan, breeding above the tree-line.
	www.birdingintaiwan.com /alpineaccentor.htm (252 words)

	Centre de Recherches sur les Ecosystèmes d'Altitude
		Within the framework of our research on the ecological requirements of the Crave in the Alps, we would like to determine the status of the alpine Crave population (distribution and population size), as well as the type of habitats it needs for feeding during winter, in relation with the agricultural practices.
		Alpine cough, small fl birds with red legs to which mountaineers are very familiar with, are studied in the northern Alps and in Corsica.
		For the same reasons as the alpine chough, alpine accentor have been marked with coloured leg bands in the Mont-Blanc massif (around the refuge "Couvercle) since summer 2000.
	www.crea.hautesavoie.net /eng/html/research/participate.html (322 words)

	Accentor
		The accentors are in the only bird family, Prunellidae, which is completely endemic to the Palearctic.
		This small group of closely related passerines are all in a single genus Prunella.
		However, accentors have thin sharp bills, reflecting their diet of insects in summer, augmented with seeds and berries in winter.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/pr/Prunellidae.html (112 words)

	Alpine accentor in Spain
		If you're in the Barcelona area accessible accentors are to be had on a short train trip to Montserrat.
		"Alpine Accentors live in polygynandrous groups of 3-6 males and 3-5 females, in which there is a competitive free-for-all.
		Photo of alpine accentor in the Sierra de Grazalema kindly sent to me by Clive of Natural Images.
	www.iberianature.com /material/spain_birds/alpine_accentor.htm (248 words)

	Accentor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		All but the Dunnock and the Japanese Accentor are inhabitants of the mountainous regions of Europe and Asia; these two also occur in lowland areas, as does the Siberian Accentor in the far north of Siberia.
		Dunnock or Hedge Accentor or Hedge Sparrow, Prunella modularis
		Accentor was the scientific name for the Alpine Accentor (Accentor collaris).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Accentor (270 words)

	Alpine Accentor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Alpine Accentor, Prunella collaris, is a small passerine bird found throughout the mountains of southern temperate Europe and Asia at heights above 2000m.
		It is mainly resident, wintering more widely at lower latitudes, but some birds wander as rare vagrants as far as Great Britain.
		Davies, N. B., Hartley, I. R., Hatchwell, B. J., Desrochers, A., Skeer, J. and Nebel, D. The polygynandrous mating system of the alpine accentor Prunella collaris.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alpine_Accentor (402 words)

	Madrid - Birds and Birdwatching
		Situated in the heart of Spain, the province of Madrid is relatively small, yet contains a remarkable diversity of habitats typical of the Iberian Peninsula, from
		Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris © John Muddeman the high peaks of the Guadarrama mountain range to the lower agricultural areas, steppes and river valleys of the south.
		This, coupled with excellent road links and all the facilities of the capital makes it an ideal place for the visiting birdwatcher and tourist, and this is what makes watching birds in Madrid so appealing.
	www.iberianwildlife.com /central-spain/birdwatching-madrid.htm (472 words)

	Alps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Crossing places by road, train or foot are called passes, these are depressions in the mountains to which a valley leads from the plains and hilly pre-mountainous zones.
		The successive emigration and occupation of the Alpine region by various Teutonic tribes from the 5th to the 6th centuries are known only in outline, because to them, as to the Frankish kings and emperors, the Alps offered a route from one place to another rather than a permanent residence.
		The two men who first explored the regions of ice and snow were H.B. de Saussure (1740-1799) in the Pennine Alps, and the Benedictine monk of Disentis, Placidus a Spescha (1752-1833), most of whose ascents were made before 1806, in the valleys at the sources of the Rhine.
	www.higiena-system.com /wiki/link-Alps (1428 words)

	Avian divas sing for their lovers - 02 March 1996 - New Scientist (Site not responding. Last check: )
		But zoologists have now found that in one species, the alpine accentor, females are getting in on the act.
		Alpine accentors are about the size of sparrows and live above the tree line on the mountains of Europe and Asia.
		Until Naomi Langmore of the University of Cambridge studied the birds in the French Pyrenees, the only mention of female alpine accentor song in the scientific literature was a throwaway line in The Birds of...
	www.newscientist.com /article/mg14920192.800.html (278 words)

	OSME - Alpine Accentor in Jordan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris is the only large accentor with rufous flank streaking found in the Middle East.
		As they were viewed from below and their flanks were puffed out, I did not positively note the streaked mantle and characteristic wing pattern.
		This is the first documented record of Alpine Accentor in Jordan.
	www.osme.org /sand182/accentor.html (441 words)

	Alpine Accentor (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Accentor is no doubt the star among these alpine residents.
		For a bird photographer like me, it was not unusual to face a situation when they came too close to be focused.
		Alpine Accentor is also one of the species that migrate vertically in the winter from above 9800 feet down to around 8000 feet.
	www.stanford.edu /~wkweng/photo/accentor.html (89 words)

	birding facts Birding Resources by the Fat Birder
		Entering the untamed Pyrenees; the high valleys as Ordesa, Hecho or Benasque, allows visitors to spot the difficult alpine specialities such as Alpine Accentor, Snow Finch & Wallcreeper whilst enjoying the magnificent forest of beech and fir trees surrounded by spectacular rock cliffs.
		Here, too alpine birds such as Wallcreeper or Alpine Accentor are easy to observe at close range from late autumn to early spring.
		The Alpine Accentor (Prunella collaris), Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus), Snowfinch (Montifringilla nivalis), and Wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria) are classic examples of birds adapted to alpine habitats and which exhibit attitudinal migration to various degrees in response to annual climate patterns...
	www.fatbirder.com /links_geo/europe/spain_aragon.html (1569 words)

	PRUNELLIDAE ACCEVTORS
		Quite strong billed, bulky, with form somewhat recalling lark or pipit.
		Plumage patterned as Hedge Accentor but more colorful, being basically dull blue-grey, with mottled brown back, white-edged fl panel across forewing, white-speckled throat, rufous-splashed flanks, and white-tipped dark brown tail.
		Patches of alpine grassland strewn copiously with boulders or large stones, often on flat plateaux but sometimes on slopes or scree, and almost always well above tree line and relatively free of shrub growth.
	my.ort.org.il /holon/birds/bc4.html (291 words)

	Alpine Accentor in Suffolk, May 2000
		As the bird was rather small and plain coloured they decided not to make any extra effort to obtain it.
		Some weeks later whilst they were looking through a private collection of bird skins belonging to a Mr Lombe of Melton they instantly recognised the bird labelled Alpine Warbler (sic) Accentor alpinus, as the bird they had watched near Oulton Broad.
		He comments: "had we been sufficiently aware of its value, a walk of 300 yards would have obtained the loan of a gun." **
	home.clara.net /ammodytes/accentor.htm (390 words)

	Birds of India - Alpine Accentor - Prunella collaris - Passeridae - Passeriformes - Birding in India (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Birds of India - Alpine Accentor - Prunella collaris - Passeridae - Passeriformes - Birding in India
		Alpine Accentor (Prunella collaris) - click here for a bigger photograph by Yeshey Dorji
		Alpine Accentor (Prunella collaris) is a resident in Himalayas and Bhutan.
	www.birding.in /birds/Passeriformes/Passeridae/alpine_accentor.htm (58 words)

	Spain Itinerary 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A one week trip into the beautiful Pyrenees for Wallcreeper, Lammergeier, Black Woodpecker, White-backed Woodpecker, Ring Ouzel, Citril Finch, Red-billed and Yellow-billed Choughs, Alpine Accentor, White-winged Snow-Finch, Water Pipit...
		After breakfast we head to the Candanchú ski resort where we will have chances for several alpine specialties such as Wallcreeper, Snow Finch, Citril Finch and Alpine Accentor.
		After visiting this superb spot we will drive down to Hecho Valley to see the Selva de Oza forest where Lammergeier, Red-billed and Alpine Chough are often seen.
	www.jaegertours.net /spain.htm (742 words)

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