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Prunella fagani

[edit] Identification

15 cm. Grey-brown, conspicuous whitish supercilium, upperparts are streaked dark, underparts warm buff with fine dark streaks below, white throat and flanks.

[edit] Distribution

high mountains of Yemen.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.¹

[edit] Habitat

High-altitude shrubland and mountains; open, stony slopes with dense cover of short perennial grasses and dwarf-shrubs, near-vertical rocky features such as scree, cliff-faces and field terrace-walls.

[edit] Behaviour

Shy and largely ground dwelling.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.

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