Description:

A medium-sized Sylvia, quite slim, with rather large head and long tail. Larger and longer-tailed than Lesser, with broad, well-defined, sandy-brown to pale rufous-brown fringes to greater coverts and tertials, pale base to lower mandible, and orange-brown to pale brown (not grey) legs and feet.

Distribution:

Common passage migrant through the central parts of Gilgit-Baltistan, rare in Ghizer, Astore and Baltistan. Favors open country scattered with bushes and shrubs close to grassy patches; avoids densely vegetated areas, up to 2500m during passage.

Behavior:

Forages mainly in bushes and other low vegetation, taking items mostly from leaves and twigs; occasionally catches insects in flight or on ground. Invertebrates diet throughout year, include large number of insect orders and also other arthropods; fruits increase in significance outside breeding season, being particularly important during autumn migration and sometimes also in winter.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of Common Whitethroat in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of Common Whitethroat

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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