Description:

Large, stout pipit with variably streaked upperparts and breast, unstreaked flanks. Considerably larger than Tawny, with very large bill and shorter-looking legs. Dark lores. Greyish upperparts and warm buff colour to unstreaked or only lightly streaked underparts. Undulating circling display flight.

Distribution:

Possible resident in the south-western border areas of Diamer and Ghizer districts. Usually inhabits lowlands to 2600m on rocky hillsides with sparse cover; winters on grassy plains, sparsely scrubbed country, fields and sand dunes.

Behavior:

Forages mainly on the ground; also picks prey items from vegetation and branches. Often feeds on recently burnt ground. Feeds on insects and other small invertebrates, also seeds; grit also ingested. Diet includes grasshoppers and crickets, beetles, bugs, mantids, cockroaches, termites, ants and wasps, larval and adult moths and spiders.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of Long-billed Pipit in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of Long-billed Pipit

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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