Description:

Medium-sized finch with conical bill, peaked hindcrown and broad white wingbars. Double whitish wing-bars in all plumages. Male has blue-grey crown and nape, orange-pink face and underparts, and maroon-brown mantle. Female is dull, with greyish-brown mantle and greyish-buff underparts.

Distribution:

Common passage migrant and winter visitor across the western Gilgit-Baltistan, rare in Baltistan region. Around upland fields with nearby bushes and mixed and conifer forest edges, agricultural areas, orchards and gardens rarely above 3000m.

Behavior:

Actively forages on ground throughout year, also at all levels in bushes and trees in spring and summer; occasionally pursues and catches flying insects. Usually encountered in small flocks, often in the company of other finches and buntings. Diet the most varied in the family, mostly small invertebrates and their larvae, also seeds and buds.

Photo Gallery:

Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of Common Chaffinch in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of Common Chaffinch

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)

*Gallery images on this page are shared from flickr.com, and are copyrighted to their respective creators or owners.