Kozlov's accentor (''Prunella koslowi'') or the Mongolian accentor, is a species of

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class (biology), class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the Oviparity, laying of Eggshell, hard-shelled eggs, a high Metabolism, metabolic rate, a fou ...

in the family Prunellidae. It is found in

Mongolia Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south and southeast. It covers an area of , with a population of 3.5 million, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by po ...

and northern

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

. The

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was chosen to honour the Russian explorer

Pyotr Kozlov Pyotr Kuzmich Kozlov (; 3 October 1863 in Dukhovshchina – 26 September 1935 in Peterhof) was a Russian and Soviet traveller and explorer who continued the studies of Nikolai Przhevalsky in Mongolia and Tibet. Biography Although prepar ...

. The name ''Tharrhaleus pallidus'' Menzbier, 1887 was published just months after the scientific name to which this species is now recognized: ''Accentor Koslowi'' Przewalski; therefore, it is a synonym of it.''The Ibis,'' 1887, pp. 290--299, plate IX

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Xeno-canto: audio recordings of Kozlov's accentor
Kozlov's accentor Birds of Mongolia Birds of North China Kozlov's accentor Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Passeroidea-stub