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title: "Alpenheggenmus"
description: "Prunella collaris — Vogels. The alpine accentor (Prunella collaris) is a small passerine bird in the family Prunellidae, which is native to Eurasia and North Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/alpine-accentor
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Alpenheggenmus

> Prunella collaris — Vogels. The alpine accentor (Prunella collaris) is a small passerine bird in the family Prunellidae, which is native to Eurasia and North Africa.

- Scientific name: *Prunella collaris*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `mountains` (Bergen)
- iNaturalist observations: 6619
- Wikidata: [Q208334](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q208334)
- iNaturalist taxon: [13996](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13996)

## Names

- en: Alpine Accentor
- de: Alpenbraunelle
- es: Acentor alpino
- fr: Accenteur alpin
- nl: Alpenheggenmus
- pt: Ferreirinha-alpina
- pl: Płochacz halny

## Countries with the most observations

FR (1208), IT (811), ES (791), TW (439), CH (335), AT (252), RU (183), SK (167), NP (158), IN (157), CN (139), DE (114)

## Summary

The alpine accentor (Prunella collaris) is a small passerine bird in the family Prunellidae, which is native to Eurasia and North Africa.

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

## Photo

![Alpenheggenmus](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/alpine-accentor/medium.jpg)

Photo: Лариса Артемьева · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/200383608

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/alpine-accentor?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).