Description:

Medium sized, strong sexual dimorphism in plumage and also in size. Rail-like wader, with broad, rounded wings and longish, downcurved bill. White or buff spectacles and braces. Adult female has maroon head and neck and dark greenish wing-coverts. Adult male and juvenile duller and have buff spotting on wing-coverts.

Distribution:

Vagrant in Gilgit-Baltistan with a single record from Gilgit district. Usually found in wide variety of wetlands; including marshes, lakes, river banks, boggy areas and grasslands. Essentially lowlands up to 1500m as a vagrant.

Behavior:

Probes soft ground like true snipes; also uses scything action of bill and head in shallow water. Chiefly crepuscular, and may also feed at night. Omnivorous. Invertebrates taken include insects, snails, earthworms and crustaceans; also seeds, including a variety of grasses, rice and millet.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of Greater Painted-Snipe in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of Greater Painted-Snipe

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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