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Alpine Accentor
The Alpine Accentor is beside the Water Pipit, the Wallcreeper and the Snow Finch one of the few songbirds that can be found at higher altitudes. Alpine Accentors inhabit areas above 1800 m asl. This bird has been recorded in the alps as high as 3000 m asl (Bezzel 1995). In contrast to the Water Pipit the Alpine Accentor is a resident bird. But it does shift to lower altitudes if conditions get too rough. In Germany the Alpine Accentor can only be seen in Bavaria. The breeding habitat is occupied patchily and in varying numbers. The males occupy the breeding grounds in April while the females arrive in May. At this time it should not be too difficult to find Alpine Accentors in the right habitat. Most sightings start with a call of a flying bird. Good spots can be found on the pages The area around Garmisch-Partenkirchen and National Park Berchtesgaden. It can also be found in the Allgaeu. (e.g. High Ifen and Gottesacker).