Mongolian Accentor / Prunella koslowi
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Mongolian Accentor
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Protonym: Accentor Koslowi Zap.Imp.Akad.Nauk 55 p.83
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Prunellidae / Prunella
Taxonomy Code: monacc1
Type Locality: Alashan.
Author: Przevalski
Publish Year: 1887
IUCN Status: Least Concern
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.
koslowi
Gen. Pyotr Kuzmich Kozlov (1863-1935) Russian Army, explorer in Central Asia (Emberiza, Garrulax, Prunella, subsp. Tetraogallus himalayensis).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
