Description:

Large, fairly robust lark with deep-based heavy bill, rather long wings, short tail. Long, broad-based wings and comparatively short tail. Has prominent white supercilium and eye-ring, black patch on side of breast, dark grey underwing lacking white trailing edge, and whitish tip to tail.

Distribution:

Uncommon passage migrant and winter visitor to western areas of Ghizer, Gilgit and Diamer districts. Prefers open habitats; generally stonier and less grassy terrain and, when breeding, in more mountainous or hilly country, up to 2700m.

Behavior:

Forages on ground, actively searching for the food. Usually singly or in flocks. Diet consists of invertebrates and seeds. Invertebrates include adults and non-adults of orthopterans, termites, bugs, lepidopterans, flies, hymenopterans, beetles and arachnids. Seeds mostly in late summer and winter.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of Bimaculated Lark in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of Bimaculated Lark

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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