Description:

Large wagtail, with varied plumages, but mostly yellow and grey, quite similar to Grey and Yellow Wagtail. Broad white wing-bars in all plumages. Male breeding has yellow head and underparts, and black or grey mantle. Female have yellow supercilium continuing around ear-coverts, grey upperparts, and mainly yellow underparts.

Distribution:

Common summer visitor to the districts of Gilgit-Baltistan, especially to highlands. Breeds in high-altitude wet grassland, marshes, edges of lakes and willow bushes on mountain meadows up to 3900m; winters near freshwater wetlands.

Behavior:

Forages by picking and darting for prey; takes items from the ground, from low vegetation or from water surface. Walks on open wet ground at edge of water and on floating mats of aquatic vegetation; wades in shallow water. Food includes wide variety of invertebrates, often aquatic, and their larvae.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of Citrine Wagtail in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of Citrine Wagtail

Resources:

Birds of Pakistan: Helm Field Guides (R. Grimmett & T. Inskipp)
The Birds of Pakistan (T. J. Roberts)
Birds of the Indian Subcontinent (C. Inskipp, R. Grimmett & T. Inskipp)
Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide (P. Rasmussen & J. Anderton)
Birds of India: Collins Field Guide (N. Arlott)
Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan (S. Ali & S. D. Ripley)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (https://www.hbw.com)
The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 6th Edition
iNaturalist BoGB (inaturalist.org/projects/birds-of-gilgit-baltistan)
Birds of Gilgit-Baltistan (http://fb.me/birdsgb)

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