Brown Accentor

Prunells fulvescens

Beak

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Feet

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Crest

No crest

Resident. N Himalayas. Adult has broad whitish supercilium (contrasting with blackish ear-coverts), grey-brown upperparts with only very faint streaking, and pale orange-buff underparts with whiter throat (see vagrants for differences from Radde's Accentor). Juvenile has more heavily streaked upperparts with rufous - buff cast, brown mottling on supercilium and crown, browner ear-coverts (with less striking head pattern). and brown streaking across breast. Tibetan sushkini(NE) has more prominent brown streaking on upperparts and deeper buff underparts. Ory scrubby and rocky slopes; also around upland villages in winter.