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title: "Dunnock"
description: "Prunella modularis — Uccelli. The dunnock (Prunella modularis) is a small passerine, or perching bird, found throughout temperate Europe and into Asian Russia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/dunnock
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Dunnock

> Prunella modularis — Uccelli. The dunnock (Prunella modularis) is a small passerine, or perching bird, found throughout temperate Europe and into Asian Russia.

- Scientific name: *Prunella modularis*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `urban` (Città e giardini)
- iNaturalist observations: 45659
- Wikidata: [Q26698](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26698)
- iNaturalist taxon: [13988](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13988)

## Names

- en: Dunnock
- de: Heckenbraunelle
- es: Acentor común
- fr: Accenteur mouchet
- pt: Ferreirinha-comum
- pl: Pokrzywnica

## Countries with the most observations

GB (14318), FR (4051), DE (3277), NZ (2151), ES (1955), RU (1848), IT (1399), NL (976), BE (809), DK (549), IE (547), PT (463)

## Summary

The dunnock (Prunella modularis) is a small passerine, or perching bird, found throughout temperate Europe and into Asian Russia. Dunnocks have also been introduced and become common in New Zealand. It is the most widespread member of the accentor family; most other accentors are limited to mountain habitats. Other, largely archaic, English names for the dunnock include hedge accentor, hedge sparrow, hedge warbler, and titling.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunnock

## Photo

![Dunnock](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dunnock/medium.jpg)

Photo: Hanwen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/307170673

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/dunnock?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).