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Siberian accentor

Prunella montanella (Pallas, 1776)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The siberian accentor (Prunella montanella) is a species in the family Prunellidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 17 g to 17.5 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Siberian accentor (Prunella montanella)
Photo: Jargal Lamjav from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the siberian accentor

Weight
17 g – 17.5 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
5src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
2src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Migratorysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

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Siberian accentor (Prunella montanella)
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Where does the siberian accentor live?

Not recorded

What is the siberian accentor?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Siberian accentor (Prunella montanella) is a small passerine bird that breeds in northern Russia from the Ural Mountains eastwards across Siberia. It is migratory, wintering in Korea and eastern China, with rare occurrences in western Europe and northwestern North America. Its typical breeding habitat is subarctic deciduous forests and open coniferous woodland, often close to water, although it also occurs in mountains and spruce taiga. It inhabits bushes and shrubs in winter, frequently near streams, but may also be found in dry grassland and woods.

The Siberian accentor has brown upperparts and wings, with bright chestnut streaking on its back and a greyish-brown rump and tail. The head has a dark brown crown and a long, wide pale yellow supercilium ("eyebrow"). All plumages are quite similar. The nest is an open cup in dense shrub or a tree into which the female lays four to six glossy deep blue-green eggs that hatch in about ten days. Adults and chicks feed mainly on insects, typically picked off the ground, but sometimes taken from vegetation. In winter, the accentors may also consume seeds or feed near human habitation.

Breeding over a huge area, the Siberian accentor has a large and stable population. It is therefore evaluated as a species of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), although, as a northern breeding species, it may be affected by climate change in the long term. October and November 2016 saw an unprecedented influx of this species into western Europe, reaching as far as the United Kingdom.

From the Wikipedia article “Siberian accentor” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Siberian_accentor&oldid=1369414045), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the siberian accentor endangered?

The siberian accentor is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the siberian accentor classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyPrunellidae
  6. genusPrunella
  7. SpeciesPrunella montanella (Pallas, 1776)

Synonyms Accentor montanellus, Accentor temminckii, Motacilla montanella, Spermolegus montanellus

Other names and names in other languages (45)
  • عصفور الشوك السيبيريArabic
  • Сібірская завірушкаBelarusian
  • Сибирска завирушкаBulgarian
  • Планинска завирушкаBulgarian
  • Gwrac'hig-SibiriaBreton
  • cercavores de SibèriaCatalan
  • pěvuška horskáCzech
  • pěvuška sibiřskáCzech
  • Llwyd SiberiaWelsh
  • Sibirisk JernspurvDanish
  • BergbraunelleGerman
  • siberia proneloEsperanto
  • Acentor siberianoSpanish
  • siberi raatEstonian
  • taigarautiainenFinnish
  • Accenteur montanelleFrench
  • Cantaire sléibheIrish
  • Arraneyder ShibbeyraghScottish Gaelic
  • סתרי סיביריHebrew
  • szibériai szürkebegyHungarian
  • FjalltítlaIcelandic
  • Passera scopaiola asiaticaItalian
  • ヤマヒバリJapanese
  • Сібір содырғысыKazakh
  • 멧종다리Korean
  • BiergheckestéisserLuxembourgish
  • BiergheckeschlëfferLuxembourgish
  • sibirinis erškėtžvirblisLithuanian
  • Sibīrijas peļkājīteLatvian
  • BergheggenmusDutch
  • sibirjernsporvNorwegian Nynorsk
  • sibirjernspurvNorwegian
  • płochacz syberyjskiPolish
  • ferreirinha-siberianaPortuguese
  • Сибирская завирушкаRussian
  • VárreruovdecizášNorthern Sami
  • vrchárka okrováSlovak
  • sibirska pevkaSlovenian
  • Sibirski popićSerbian
  • sibirisk järnsparvSwedish
  • Sibirya DağbülbülüTurkish
  • тинівка сибірськаUkrainian
  • 棕眉岩鷚Chinese
  • 棕眉山岩鷚Chinese
  • 棕眉山岩鹨Chinese

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Relatives of the siberian accentor

Other species in the same genus Prunella.

LC, Least Concern
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)

Dunnock

Prunella modularis

Prunellidae

CompareSiberian accentor vs DunnockSiberian accentor vs Alpine accentorSiberian accentor vs Black-throated accentorSiberian accentor vs Radde's accentor

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the siberian accentor?

An adult siberian accentor weighs 17 g – 17.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the siberian accentor endangered?

The siberian accentor is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the siberian accentor?

The siberian accentor (Prunella montanella) belongs to the family Prunellidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Siberian accentor (Prunella montanella). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/siberian-accentor

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“Siberian accentor (Prunella montanella).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/siberian-accentor.

BibTeX
@misc{siberian_accentor_2026,
  title = {Siberian accentor (Prunella montanella)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/siberian-accentor},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}