Tree Pipit

(Anthus trivialis)

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Description:

Slim, medium-sized pipit with strongly streaked breast, rather heavy triangular bill. Buffish-brown to greyish ground colour to upperparts and buffish edges to wing feathers. Immature is more buff-brown, less olive, above, pale feather edgings often giving slight scaly effect, paler below.


Distribution:

Common passage migrant in central areas of Hunza, Nagar, Gilgit, Diamer and resident in western Ghizer. Breeds on grassy slopes with scattered trees or bushes; winters in open forests, cultivations, open country with scattered trees and fields.


Behavior:

Forages mostly on ground, mainly among leaf litter and low herbage, also occasionally on twigs, branches and trunks of trees and on stumps. Food includes a range of invertebrates, mostly insects; also some plant material in winter. Nestlings fed exclusively with invertebrates.


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Range & Occurrence:

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Resident Species
Summer Breeder
Winter Visitor
Passage Migrant

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


Seasonal Occurrence of Tree 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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