Description:

Small, sociable crow with moderately long tail somewhat rounded at tip. Adult has silky-grey nape and hind neck, whitish half-collar, slate-grey underparts, and pale grey iris. Juvenile has darker grey nape and hind neck, and darker grey iris. In flight looks blunt-headed with oval-shaped wings and comparatively long tail.

Distribution:

Uncommon winter visitor to lower valleys of Gilgit and Diamer districts. Inhabits great variety of open country, preferably with scattered trees. Favors mixed farmland, gardens, orchards and wooded steppe, non-breeding reported up to 3000m.

Behavior:

Feeds chiefly on the ground, walking with bold, strutting gait, as it searches for insects; side-hops to catch prey items. Omnivorous, but less of a carnivorous scavenger than most congeners. Sometime diet mainly plant materials, including grain, seeds and berries, but primarily carnivorous during breeding season. Normal summer diet includes wide variety of invertebrates.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of Eurasian Jackdaw in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of Eurasian Jackdaw

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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