page_title: List of birds of Gibraltar
section_title: Accentors
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Gibraltar / Accentors
caption_attribution_description: Prunella collarisEnglish: Alpine Accentor, French Pyrenees, June 2007.Français&#160;: Accenteur alpin, Pyrénées françaises, Juin 2007.
context_page_description: This is a list of the bird species recorded in Gibraltar. The avifauna of Gibraltar include a total of 311 species, of which seven have been introduced by humans and 128 are rare or accidental in Gibraltar. Five species are globally threatened. The majority of the introduced species are wanderers from introduced populations in Spain.
  This list's taxonomic treatment and nomenclature follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 6th edition with a few changes to match the list of the Gibraltar Ornithological & Natural History Society. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflect the Clements' taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Introduced and accidental species are included in the total counts for Gibraltar.
  The following tags have been used to highlight categories. The commonly occurring native species do not fall into any of these categories.
  Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Gibraltar
  (I) Introduced - a species which occurs in Gibraltar as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions
context_section_description: Order: Passeriformes   Family: Prunellidae
  The accentors are in the only bird family, Prunellidae, which is completely endemic to the Palearctic. They are small, fairly drab species superficially similar to sparrows. There are 13 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in Gibraltar.
  Alpine accentor, Prunella collaris
  Dunnock, Prunella modularis
caption: Aplpine accentor, an occasional winter visitor.
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