#accentor

[best-bird-tournament]

Passeroidea subgrouping - non-NPO families

To keep the very large Passeroidea superfamily moving along without holding the rest of the tournament up too much, I've decided to run a poll of Passeroidea families not in the nine-primaried oscine clade to narrow down the next poll up.

Which is the best bird?

Long-tailed paradise whydah

House sparrow

Gouldian finch

Maroon-backed accentor

Jackson's widowbird

Sociable weaver

Red avadavat

Voting ended onJan 1

[vintagewildlife]

Dunnock feeding a cuckoo By: Stephen Dalton From: Natural History Magazine 1989

[birdstudies]

April 6, 2026 - Robin Accentor (Prunella rubeculoides) Found in parts of Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, and probably Afghanistan, these accentors live in rocky habitats, wetlands, and shrublands. They eat small seeds and invertebrates, foraging on the ground, frequently in small flocks during the winter. Breeding from May to August, they build bulky cup-shaped nests on or near the ground in vegetation from grass and moss, lining them with fur, hair, or feathers. Females lay clutches of three to five eggs. Both parents feed the chicks.

[susanoos-wife]

Japanese Accentor and Flowering Cotton, by Imao Keinen

[herpsandbirds]

Black-throated Accentor (Prunella atrogularis), family Prunellidae, order Passeriformes, northern India

photograph by Khushboo and Rahul Sharma

[miyrumiyru]

Pale sky birds

[birdblues]

Maroon-backed Accentor

[typhlonectes]

Siberian Accentor - Сибирийн хайруулдай Prunella montanella, Manzushir Monastery, Mongolia

photograph by Jargal Lamjav | Wikipedia CC