Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
(aka Hedge Accentor, Hedge Sparrow)
Edinburgh, Scotland ...
Dunnock
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Dunnock
Dunnocks are common little garden and hedgerow birds. They have a rather more colourful domestic arrangement than most birds, since females will often court other males whilst already mated with another.
Dunnocks have adapted to make use of different breeding strategies. Both males and females want make sure their genes are passed on to the next generation.
Dunnock
The sexes are very alike, though the female is a little drabber.
Juveniles lack the grey on head and chest, instead they have brown streaks.
Dunnock aka Hedge Accentor Prunella modularis Found: Europe, Asia
Photographed by: 1, 2) Joe Gough 3) Gertjan Hooijer in the Netherlands 4) Dick Daniels in Great Britain
DIPPERS
Order Passeriformes Family Cinclidae - 1 genus ...
Dunnock Prunella modularis
Skylark Alauda arvensis
New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae (Pihoihoi) ...
About Dunnock
Inconspicuous and small, bird, mainly reddish brown, streaked with black. Head, breast, and throat bluish-gray, except for brownish cheek patch and streaked brown, crown; narrow buff wing bar.
Prunella modularis - Dunnock (photo)
Prunella montanella - Siberian Accentor (photo)
Prunella atrogularis - Black-throated Accentor
Prunella collaris - Alpine Accentor
Turdidae - Thrushes
Erithacus ...
canorus includes Dunnocks, Robins, Reed Warblers, Meadow Pipits, Tree Pipits, Redstarts and Pied Wagtails. The European Cuckoo has a wide distribution throughout Europe and east to India.
Harrison [3] used the group name Dunnock for all of the species, not just Prunella modularis (thus e.g. Japanese Dunnock for P. rubida); this usage has much to be said for it, ...
The exception is in the case of the Dunnock, where the Cuckoo's egg has no resemblance to its hosts' blue eggs. This is thought to be because the Dunnock is a recent host, and has not yet acquired the ability to distinguish eggs.
The Hedge Sparrow or Dunnock (Prunella modularis) is similarly unrelated. It is a sparrow in name only, a relic of the old practice of calling any small bird a "sparrow".
There are 35 species of Old World sparrows. Below is the full list.
Grey upperparts and barring below recall Sparrowhawk, but has pointed wings. Wings often drooped when perched (see illustration.) Lays eggs in a wide variety of other birds nests, but main hosts are Reed Warbler, Dunnock and Meadow Pipit.
Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Green-veined white (Pieris napi)
European roller (Coracias garrulus)
Shining pot beetle (Cryptocephalus nitidulus)
Adder (Vipera berus)
Caracal (Caracal caracal)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis) ...
 See also: Warbler, Sparrow, Cuckoo, Robin, Pipit
  
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