Description:

Large water side bird, actions similar to any dipper. Adult is entirely brown, lacking white throat and breast of White-throated. Juvenile from juvenile White-throated by browner coloration with conspicuous spotting on upperparts, extensive dark scaling on underparts, and prominent pale fringes to wing.

Distribution:

Common resident and partial altitudinal migrant in all the districts of Gilgit-Baltistan. Found near fast-flowing rocky mountain streams and shallow rivers with clear water, with exposed rocks. Up to 4000m, but lower than White-throated Dipper.

Behavior:

Forages on riverbed, by diving from rock into fast-flowing water. Swims on surface; on calmer pools and tarns, frequently dives from a floating position. Diet mainly aquatic invertebrates, especially mayfly and stonefly nymphs, larvae of caddis flies and other similar items.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

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

Seasonal Occurrence of Brown 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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