The Accentors are a genus of birds in the family Prunellidae.
This small group of closely related passerines are all in the genus Prunella. Accentors are small, brown, unobtrusive sparrow-like birds, epitomised by the European Hedge Accentor, whose vernacular name, Dunnock, translates from Old English as, small brown bird. The Dunnock is also something of an exception since all other species in this family are confined to mountainous areas, and usually only at altitudes of a 1000m or more; the Dunnock is one of our more widespread birds.
Accentors forage almost exclusively on the ground for small insects, or seeds and berries in the winter.
