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#0964 · 🐦 birds

Alpine Accentor

🇳🇱 Alpenheggenmus ·Prunella collaris

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands
Alpine Accentor, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Alessandro · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The alpine accentor ( Prunella collaris ) is a small passerine bird.

base stats

  • NL sightings 2iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 6,765iNaturalist observations
  • threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • Spotted 2 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 6,765 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1769 (257 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Alpine Accentor
Nederlands
Alpenheggenmus
scientific name
Prunella collaris
class
Aves
order
Passeriformes
family
Prunellidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
2
sightings in Europe
4,375
sightings worldwide
6,765
GBIF records in NL
780
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1769 by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Prunellidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 13996, Wikidata Q208334, GBIF 5231770, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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