Description:

Rather large and heavy with moderately long tail and wing, and a long, pointed bill. Adult has blackish crown, pale grey mantle, blackish tail, and pale iris, white in male (always dark in Lesser). First-year has crown concolorous with mantle, darker grey ear-coverts and dark iris, and can appear similar to Lesser.

Distribution:

Summer vagrant to the lower valleys of Gilgit, Astore and Diamer districts in Gilgit-Baltistan. Favors various types of open or semi-open woodland with variable bushy cover up to 2500m; winters in scrub and groves down to 700m.

Behavior:

Forages by moving slowly from low scrub to top of trees, gleaning and picking food items from leaves and branches, mostly on external leafy parts; sometimes catches insects directly on ground or by flycatching. Feeds mostly on arthropods, especially insects and their larvae; also berries outside breeding season.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of Eastern Orphean Warbler in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of Eastern Orphean Warbler

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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