Altai Accentor

Prunella himalayana

Beak

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Feet

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Crest

No crest

Winter visitor. Himalayas. I) From larger Alpine by more extensive white throat and diffuse rufous spotting across breast (extending onto flanks). Typically has diffuse malar stripe of black spotting, and black gorget across lower throat. which can be well defined on some birds. Although variable, also often shows brownish ear-coverts and greyish supercilium. Like Alpine, has white tips to wing coverts, but usually lacks striking black panel across wing. Mantle is more heavily streaked, and can show prominent pale ' braces'. Grassy and stony slopes and plateaux.