Description:

Medium sized pipit with seasonal differences in plumage. In all plumages, has lightly streaked upperparts, lacks olive-green on wing, and has pale lores; underparts more heavily streaked, upperparts darker and legs paler compared with Water Pipit. In breeding plumage, has deeper orange-buff wash to underparts.

Distribution:

Uncommon passage migrant through the central parts of Gilgit-Baltistan, mainly Hunza, Gilgit and Diamer. On migration occurs in marshes, grasslands, sandbars and open flats near rivers and lakes, ploughed or wet fields and pastures, up to 3000m.

Behavior:

Forages on ground, by picking; also wades in shallow pools in search of aquatic invertebrates. Mainly feeds on insects, including grasshoppers, crickets and locusts, beetles and bugs , also larvae, and ants; also small seeds and berries. Plant material taken mainly in autumn and winter.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

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

Seasonal Occurrence of Buff-bellied 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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