| Radde's accentor | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Prunellidae |
| Genus: | Prunella |
| Species: | P. ocularis |
| Binomial name | |
| Prunella ocularis (Radde, 1884) | |
| Synonyms | |
Accentor ocularis | |
Radde's accentor (Prunella ocularis) is a species ofbird in the familyPrunellidae. It is found in mountainous parts ofYemen and northernSouthwest Asia.
Its naturalhabitat is temperategrassland.
Radde's accentor wasdescribed by the German naturalistGustav Radde in 1884 from a specimen collected in theTalysh Mountains near the Azerbaijan-Iran border. He coined thebinomial nameAccentor ocularis.[2] It is now placed in thegenusPrunella that was introduced by the French ornithologistLouis Pierre Vieillot in 1816.[3] The species ismonotypic.[4]
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