Description:

Medium sized water side bird, actions similar to any dipper. From Brown by white throat and breast contrasting with brown belly; also has brown head and nape merging into blackish-slate of mantle, wings and tail. Juvenile has greyer coloration to upperparts, without prominent spotting.

Distribution:

Locally common resident in higher elevations all across Gilgit-Baltistan, except for Ghanche. Usually found in fast-flowing, clear-water rocky streams and rivers with riffles and exposed rocks in high alpine grass and scrub meadows, up to 4200m.

Behavior:

Forages on rocks and stones on riverbed, also on wetted surface of rocks above water; sometimes on riverbank among tree roots and leaves. Feeds mostly by plunging into swift-flowing water; wades in shallow water. Feeds on freshwater insects and larvae. Principal prey mayfly and stonefly nymphs, and larvae of caddis flies, also dragonfly nymphs and fly larvae.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of White-throated Dipper in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of White-throated Dipper

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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